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\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Dear Shareholder:\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql You are cordially invited to attend a special meeting of shareholders of Akorn, Inc., a Louisiana corporation the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?Company\u8221?), on July 19 , 2017 at 10:00 a.m. , local time, at 1925 West Field Court, Suite 300, Lake Forest, Illinois\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 60045 .\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On April 24, 2017, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the \u8220?merger agreement\u8221?) with\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi AG, a German stock corporation (\u8220?Fresenius Kabi\u8221?), Quercus Acquisition, Inc., a Louisiana\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Fresenius Kabi (\u8220?Merger Sub\u8221?), and, solely for the purposes of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Article VIII of the merger agreement, Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA, a German partnership limited by shares, providing for, subject\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to the satisfaction or waiver (if permissible under applicable law) of specified conditions, the acquisition of the Company by\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi at a price of $34.00 per common share in cash. Subject to the terms and conditions of the merger agreement,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the \u8220?merger\u8221?), with the Company surviving the merger as\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql a subsidiary of Fresenius Kabi. At the special meeting, the holders of common shares of the Company will vote on the approval\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of the merger agreement.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql If the merger is completed, you will be entitled to receive $34.00 in cash, without interest and less any applicable withholding\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql taxes, for each share of common stock, no par value, of the Company (\u8220?Company common shares\u8221?) you own at the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql effective time of the merger.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The proxy statement accompanying this letter provides you with more specific information concerning the special meeting,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the merger agreement, the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. We encourage you to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql carefully read the accompanying proxy statement and the copy of the merger agreement attached as Annex A thereto.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The board of directors of the Company (the \u8220?Board\u8221?) carefully reviewed and considered the terms and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql conditions of the merger agreement, the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. The Board\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql adopted the merger agreement, directed that the approval of the merger agreement be submitted to holders of Company common\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shares and recommended that the holders of Company common shares vote their shares to approve the merger agreement at a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql special meeting of the holders of Company common shares.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql Accordingly, the Board recommends a vote \u8220?FOR\u8221?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql the proposal to approve the merger agreement, the nonbinding compensation proposal and the adjournment proposal.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Whether or not you plan to attend the special meeting and regardless of the number of shares you own, your careful\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql consideration of, and vote on, the merger agreement is important and we encourage you to vote promptly. The merger cannot be\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql completed unless the merger agreement is approved by shareholders holding at least a majority of the outstanding Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql common shares entitled to vote thereon at the special meeting.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql The failure to vote will have the same effect as a vote against\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql the proposal to approve the merger agreement.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql After reading the accompanying proxy statement, please make sure to vote your Company common shares by promptly voting\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql electronically or telephonically as described in the accompanying proxy statement, or, if you received a paper copy of the proxy\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql card, by completing, dating, signing and returning your proxy card, or attending our special shareholders\u8217? meeting in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql person. Instructions regarding all three methods of voting are provided on the proxy card. If you hold shares through an account\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql with a brokerage firm, bank or other nominee, please follow the instructions you receive from them to vote your Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql common shares. If you have any questions or need assistance voting your shares, please contact our proxy solicitor, Innisfree\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql M&A Incorporated, toll-free at (888) 750-5834.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql We appreciate your investment in the Company.\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql By Order of the Board of Directors\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql /s/ Raj Rai\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs2\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql Raj Rai\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Chief Executive Officer
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\par\pard\plain\fs16\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 1925 West Field Court, Suite 300, Lake Forest, Illinois 60045\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql Items of Business:\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 1.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql To consider and vote on a proposal to approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql April 24, 2017 (the \u8220?merger agreement\u8221?), by and among Fresenius Kabi AG, a\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql German stock corporation (\u8220?Fresenius Kabi\u8221?), Akorn, Inc., a Louisiana corporation\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (the \u8220?Company\u8221?), Quercus Acquisition, Inc., a Louisiana corporation and a wholly\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql owned subsidiary of Fresenius Kabi, and, solely for purposes of Article VIII thereof, Fresenius SE\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql & Co. KGaA, a German partnership limited by shares. \~ \~ \~\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 2.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql To consider and vote on a nonbinding, advisory proposal to approve the compensation that may be\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql paid or may become payable to the Company\u8217?s named executive officers in connection with,\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql or following, the consummation of the merger (this nonbinding, advisory proposal, which we refer\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to as the \u8220?nonbinding compensation proposal\u8221?, relates only to contractual obligations\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of the Company in existence prior to consummation of the merger that may result in a payment to\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company\u8217?s named executive officers in connection with, or following, the consummation\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of the merger and does not relate to any new compensation or other arrangements between the\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s named executive officers and Fresenius Kabi or, following the merger, the\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql surviving corporation and its subsidiaries).\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 3.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql To consider and vote on a proposal to adjourn the special meeting to a later date or time, if\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies in the event there are insufficient votes at the\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql time of the special meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof to approve the merger\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement, which we refer to as the \u8220?adjournment proposal\u8221?.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\brdrb\brdrs\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql General:\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql For more information concerning the special meeting, the merger agreement, the merger and the other\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, please review the accompanying proxy statement\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and the copy of the merger agreement attached as Annex A thereto.\par\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Under Louisiana law, shareholders of the Company are not entitled to appraisal or dissenters\u8217?\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql rights in connection with the merger.\par\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The board of directors of the Company (the \u8220?Board\u8221?) carefully reviewed and considered\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the terms and conditions of the merger agreement, the merger and the other transactions contemplated\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql by the merger agreement. The Board adopted the merger agreement, directed that the approval of the\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql merger agreement be submitted to holders of Company common shares and recommended that the\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql holders of Company common shares vote their shares to approve the merger agreement at a meeting of\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the holders of Company common shares.\par\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql Accordingly, the Board recommends a vote \u8220?FOR\u8221? the proposal to approve the\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql merger agreement, \u8220?FOR\u8221? the nonbinding compensation proposal and\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql \u8220?FOR\u8221? the adjournment proposal.\par\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Regardless of whether you plan to personally attend the meeting, please vote telephonically or\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql electronically for the matters before our shareholders as described in the accompanying proxy\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql statement, or promptly fill in, date, sign and return the enclosed proxy card in the accompanying\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql pre-paid envelope to ensure that your shares are represented at the meeting. You may revoke your\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql proxy before it is voted. If you attend the meeting, you may choose to vote in person even if you have\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql previously sent in your proxy card.\cell{
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\par\pard\plain\fs16\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc Lake Forest, Illinois 60045\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs2\qc \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
\par\pard\plain\fs16\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc TO BE HELD ON JULY 19 , 2017\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs2\qc \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc PROXY STATEMENT\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql This proxy statement contains information relating to a special meeting of shareholders of Akorn, Inc., a Louisiana\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql corporation, which we refer to as \u8220?Akorn\u8221?, the \u8220?Company\u8221?, \u8220?we\u8221?, \u8220?us\u8221? or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?our\u8221?. The special meeting will be held on July 19 , 2017, at 10:00 a.m. local time, at 1925 West Field Court, Suite\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 300, Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 . We are furnishing this proxy statement to holders of shares of common stock, no par value, of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company, which we refer to as \u8220?Company common shares\u8221?, as part of the solicitation of proxies by the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s board of directors, which we refer to as the \u8220?Board\u8221?, for use at the special meeting and at any\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql adjournments or postponements thereof. This proxy statement is dated June 15, 2017 and is first being mailed to holders of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company common shares on or about June 19, 2017.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra001_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra001_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc SUMMARY TERM SHEET\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql This summary term sheet highlights selected information in this proxy statement and may not contain all of the information\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql about the merger agreement or the merger that is important to you. We have included page references in parentheses to direct\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql you to more complete descriptions of the topics presented in this summary term sheet. You should carefully read this proxy\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql statement in its entirety, including the annexes hereto and the other documents to which we have referred you, for a more\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql complete understanding of the matters being considered at the special meeting. You may obtain, without charge, copies of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql documents incorporated by reference into this proxy statement by following the instructions under the section of this proxy\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql statement entitled \u8220?Where You Can Find Additional Information\u8221? beginning on page 82.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Parties\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (page 17)\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Akorn, together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries, is a specialty generic pharmaceutical company founded in 1971 in Abita\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Springs, Louisiana, that develops, manufactures and markets generic and branded prescription pharmaceuticals, branded as well as\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql private-label over-the-counter consumer health products and animal health pharmaceuticals. We are an industry leader in the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql development, manufacturing and marketing of specialized generic pharmaceutical products in alternative dosage forms. We focus\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql on difficult-to-manufacture sterile and non-sterile dosage forms including, but not limited to, ophthalmics, injectables, oral\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql liquids, otics, topicals, inhalants and nasal sprays. Our strategy is focused on continuing to strengthen our leadership position in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the development and marketing of specialized generic and branded pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter drug products and animal\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql health products. Through an efficient operational model, we strive to maximize shareholder value by quickly adapting to market\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql conditions, patient demands and customer needs. Our common shares are traded on The NASDAQ Global Select Market (the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?NASDAQ\u8221?) under the trading symbol \u8220?AKRX\u8221?. Our principal corporate office is located at 1925\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql West Field Court, Suite 300, Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 with telephone number (847) 279-6100.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi AG, which we refer to as \u8220?Fresenius Kabi\u8221?, is a German stock corporation formed in 1999.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi is global healthcare company that specializes in lifesaving medicines and technologies for infusion, transfusion\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and clinical nutrition. Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s products and services are used to help care for critically and chronically ill\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql patients. Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s parent company is Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA. Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s principal executive\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql office is located at Else-Kr\u246?ner-Str. 1, 61352 Bad Homburg v.d.H., Germany and its telephone number is 49 (0) 6172\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 686-0.
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Quercus Acquisition, Inc., which we refer to as \u8220?Merger Sub\u8221?, was formed by Fresenius Kabi solely for the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql purpose of completing the merger. Upon the consummation of the merger, Merger Sub will cease to exist. Merger Sub\u8217?s\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql principal executive office is located at Three Corporate Drive, Lake Zurich, Illinois 60047.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA, which we refer to as \u8220?Fresenius Parent\u8221?, is a German partnership limited by shares,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql founded in 1912. Fresenius Parent is a global health care group providing products and services for dialysis, hospitals, and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql outpatient medical care. Fresenius Parent is the parent company of Fresenius Kabi. Fresenius Parent is a party to the merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement solely for purposes of agreeing to cause Fresenius Kabi to comply with its obligations under the merger agreement.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Parent\u8217?s ordinary shares are listed on the B\u246?rse Frankfurt under the trading symbol \u8220?FRE\u8221?.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Parent\u8217?s principal executive office is located at Else-Kr\u246?ner-Str. 1, 61352 Bad Homburg v.d.H., Germany,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and its telephone number is +49 (0) 6172 608-0.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Merger\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (page 26)\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Company, Fresenius Kabi, Merger Sub and, solely for the purposes of Article VIII thereof, Fresenius Parent entered into\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql an Agreement and Plan of Merger, which we refer to as the \u8220?merger agreement\u8221?, on April 24, 2017. A copy of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql merger agreement is included as Annex A to this proxy statement. Under the terms of the merger agreement, subject to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql satisfaction or waiver (if permissible under applicable law) of specified conditions, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company, which we refer to as the \u8220?merger\u8221?. The Company will survive the merger as a subsidiary of Fresenius\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Kabi (the \u8220?surviving corporation\u8221?).\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Upon the consummation of the merger, each Company common share that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql effective time (defined below under \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger Agreement\u8212?Closing and Effective Time of the Merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?) of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the merger, other than Company common shares owned by the Company as treasury shares, or owned by Fresenius Kabi or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Merger Sub and other than Company common shares owned by wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company or Fresenius Kabi\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (other than Merger Sub) that Fresenius Kabi has elected to be canceled, will be converted into the right to receive $34.00 in cash\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (the \u8220?merger consideration\u8221?), without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Special Meeting\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (page 18)\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The special meeting will be held on July 19 , 2017, at 10:00 a.m. local time. At the special meeting, holders of Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql common shares will be asked to, among other things, vote for the approval of the merger agreement. Please see the section of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql this proxy statement entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Special Meeting\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221? for additional information on the special meeting, including\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql how to vote your Company common shares.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Shareholders Entitled to Vote; Vote Required to Approve the Merger Agreement\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (page 18)\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql You may vote the Company common shares at the special meeting that you owned at the close of business on June 9 , 2017,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the record date for the special meeting. As of the close of business on the record date, there were 124,763,997 Company common\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shares outstanding and entitled to vote. You may cast one vote for each Company common share that you held on the record\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql date. The approval of the merger agreement by the holders of Company common shares requires the affirmative vote of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shareholders holding at least a majority of the outstanding Company common shares entitled to vote thereon as of the close of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql business on the record date.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Background of the Merger\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (page 26)\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A description of the process we undertook that led to the proposed merger, including our discussions with Fresenius Kabi, is\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql included in this proxy statement under \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger\u8212?Background of the Merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?.
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Reasons for the Merger; Recommendation of the Board\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (page 36)\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql After careful consideration, the Board determined to adopt the merger agreement and recommend the approval of the merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement by the holders of Company common shares. Accordingly, the Board recommends a vote \u8220?FOR\u8221? the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql proposal to approve the merger agreement.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql The Board also recommends a vote \u8220?FOR\u8221? the nonbinding\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql compensation proposal and \u8220?FOR\u8221? the adjournment proposal (each, as described below under\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\b\i\ql Questions and Answers about the Special Meeting and the Merger\u8212?What proposals will be considered at the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\b\i\ql special meeting?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql \u8221?)\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql .\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Board believes that the merger agreement and the merger are advisable and in the best interests of the Company and its\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shareholders. For a discussion of the material factors that the Board considered in determining to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql \~\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql recommend the approval of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql merger agreement, please see the section of this proxy statement entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger\u8212?Reasons for the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221? beginning on page 36.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Opinion of the Company\u8217?s Financial Advisor\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (page 40)\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql At a meeting of the Board on April 24, 2017, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, which we refer to as \u8220?J.P. Morgan\u8221?,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql rendered its oral opinion, subsequently confirmed in writing, to the Board that, as of such date and based upon and subject to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql factors and assumptions set forth in its opinion, the consideration to be paid to the holders of Company common shares in the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql proposed merger was fair, from a financial point of view, to such holders.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The full text of J.P. Morgan\u8217?s written opinion, dated April 24, 2017, which sets forth the assumptions made, matters\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql considered and limits on the review undertaken by J.P. Morgan in connection with the opinion, is attached as Annex F to this\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql proxy statement and is incorporated herein by reference. The Company\u8217?s shareholders are urged to read the opinion in its\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql entirety. J.P. Morgan\u8217?s written opinion was addressed to the Board (in its capacity as such) in connection with and for the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql purposes of its evaluation of the proposed merger, was directed only to the consideration to be paid in the merger and did not\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql address any other aspect of the merger. J.P. Morgan expressed no opinion as to the fairness of the consideration to the holders of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql any class of securities, creditors or other constituencies of the Company or as to the underlying decision by the Company to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql engage in the proposed merger. The issuance of J.P. Morgan\u8217?s opinion was approved by a fairness committee of J.P.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Morgan. The summary of the opinion of J.P. Morgan set forth in this proxy statement is qualified in its entirety by reference to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the full text of such opinion. The opinion does not constitute a recommendation to any shareholder of the Company as to how\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql such shareholder should vote with respect to the proposed merger or any other matter. For a more complete description of J.P.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Morgan\u8217?s opinion, see the section entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger\u8212?Opinion of the Company\u8217?s Financial\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Advisor\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221? beginning on page 40 and Annex F to this proxy statement.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Certain Effects of the Merger\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (page 49)\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Upon the consummation of the merger, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company, and the Company will\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql continue to exist following the merger as a subsidiary of Fresenius Kabi.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Following the consummation of the merger, Company common shares will no longer be traded on the NASDAQ or any other\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql public market, and the registration of Company common shares under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?Exchange Act\u8221?), will be terminated and the Company will no longer file periodic reports with the SEC.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Effects on the Company if the Merger Is Not Completed\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (page 50)\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql In the event that the proposal to approve the merger agreement does not receive the required approval from the holders of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company common shares, or if the merger is not completed for any other reason, the holders of Company common shares will\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql not receive any payment for their Company common shares in connection with the merger. Instead, the Company will remain an\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql independent public company and shareholders will continue to own their Company common shares. Under certain circumstances,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql if the merger agreement is terminated, the Company may be obligated to pay to Fresenius Kabi a termination fee. Please see the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql sections of this proxy statement entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger Agreement\u8212?Termination Fee\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221? beginning on page 74.
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{\trowd\cellx420\cellx1084\cellx10800\trrh495\row}}}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Please see the section entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger\u8212?Interests of the Company\u8217?s Directors and Executive Officers\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql in the Merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221? beginning on page 51 of this proxy statement for additional information about these financial interests.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Common Share Ownership of Directors and Executive Officers\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (page 77)\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql As of June 9 , 2017, the directors and executive officers of the Company beneficially owned in the aggregate 31,480,988\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company common shares, or approximately 25.2% of the outstanding Company common shares. We currently expect that each\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of these individuals will vote all of his or her Company common shares in favor of each of the proposals to be presented at the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql special meeting. As described in the section \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Voting Agreements\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?, Dr. Kapoor and certain affiliates of Dr. Kapoor\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql that are shareholders of the Company, Rajat Rai and an affiliate of Mr. Rai that is a shareholder of the Company, Joseph\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Bonaccorsi and Dr. Bruce Kutinsky have entered into voting agreements obligating them to vote in favor of the merger. None of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the other directors and officers are obligated to vote in favor of the merger (although we currently expect them to do so).\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Voting Agreements\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (page 76 and Annexes B, C, D and E)\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql As a condition to Fresenius Kabi entering into the merger agreement, each of (i) Dr. John N. Kapoor, the Chairman of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Board, and certain affiliates of Dr. Kapoor that are shareholders of the Company, (ii) Rajat Rai, the Chief Executive Officer of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company, and an affiliate of Mr. Rai that is a shareholder of the Company, (iii) Joseph Bonaccorsi, the Executive Vice\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, and (iv) Dr. Bruce Kutinsky, the Chief Operating Officer of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company (collectively, \u8220?Dr. Kapoor, Mr. Rai, Mr. Bonaccorsi, Dr. Kutinsky and their shareholder affiliates\u8221?), each\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql executed and delivered to Fresenius Kabi a voting agreement, dated April 24, 2017, which we refer to collectively as the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?voting agreements\u8221? in this proxy statement. At the close of business on the record date, Dr. Kapoor, Mr. Rai, Mr.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Bonaccorsi, Dr. Kutinsky and their shareholder affiliates collectively and in the aggregate beneficially owned and held voting\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql power over 31,063,189 Company common shares (the \u8220?subject shares\u8221?), which represents approximately 24.9% of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the total outstanding voting power of the Company common shares as of the record date. Pursuant to the voting agreements, Dr.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Kapoor, Mr. Rai, Mr. Bonaccorsi, Dr. Kutinsky and their shareholder affiliates agreed, among other things, to vote or cause to be\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql voted all subject shares (a)\~in favor of approval of the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement and (b)\~against any takeover proposal (which term is defined in the section entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Agreement\u8212?No Solicitation; Board Recommendation\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?); so long as the merger agreement shall not have been\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql amended or modified in a manner without any such shareholder\u8217?s consent to (i) decrease the merger consideration or (ii)\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql change the form of merger consideration. In addition, Dr. Kapoor, Mr. Rai, Mr. Bonaccorsi, Dr. Kutinsky and their shareholder\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql affiliates agreed to grant Fresenius Kabi, and any individuals designated in writing by Fresenius Kabi, an irrevocable proxy in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql respect thereof. The voting agreements will terminate if the merger agreement is terminated. The voting agreements are attached\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql hereto as Annexes B, C, D and E.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Financing of the Merger\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (page 50)\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The merger agreement does not contain any financing-related closing condition and Fresenius Kabi has represented that it\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql will have sufficient funds at closing to fund the payment of the merger consideration and any other payments required in
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{\trowd\cellx420\cellx1084\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql In addition, Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s obligation to consummate the merger is also subject to the absence of any effect, change,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql event or occurrence that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql effect on the Company (which term is described in the section entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger Agreement\u8212?Representations\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql and Warranties\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?).\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The consummation of the merger is not conditioned upon Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s receipt of financing.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Before the closing, each of the Company and Fresenius Kabi may waive any of the conditions to its obligation to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql consummate the merger even though one or more of the conditions described above has not been met, except where waiver is not\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql permissible under applicable law.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Regulatory Approvals Required for the Merger\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (page 59)\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The consummation of the merger is subject to review under the HSR Act. As described above in the section entitled\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?\u8212?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Conditions of the Merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?, the obligations of Fresenius Kabi and the Company to effect the merger are\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql subject to the expiration or termination of the waiting period (and any extension thereof) applicable to the merger under the HSR\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Act.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The merger agreement includes covenants obligating each of the parties to use reasonable best efforts to cause the merger to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql be consummated as promptly as reasonably practicable and to take certain actions to resolve objections under any antitrust laws.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql In addition, Fresenius Kabi has agreed to promptly take all actions necessary to obtain antitrust approval of the merger, including\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (i) entering into consent decrees or undertakings with a regulatory authority, (ii) divesting or holding separate any assets or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql businesses of Fresenius Kabi or the Company, (iii) terminating existing contractual relationships or entering into new contractual\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql relationships, (iv) effecting any other change or restructuring of Fresenius Kabi or the Company and (v) defending through\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql litigation any claim asserted by regulatory authorities that would prevent the closing of the merger.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql No Solicitation; Board Recommendation\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (page 67)\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The merger agreement generally restricts the Company\u8217?s ability to solicit takeover proposals (as defined below under\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger Agreement\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8212?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql No Solicitation; Board Recommendation\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?) from third parties (including by\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql furnishing non-public information), or to participate in discussions or negotiations with third parties regarding any takeover\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql proposal. Under certain circumstances, however, and in compliance with certain obligations contained in the merger agreement,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company is
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Under the Louisiana Business Corporation Act (the \u8220?LBCA\u8221?), however, a shareholder of a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Louisiana corporation does not have appraisal rights in connection with a merger or other extraordinary transaction if the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql corporation\u8217?s outstanding stock is a \u8220?covered security\u8221? under Section 18(b)(1)(A) or (B) of the Securities Act\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of 1933, as amended. A \u8220?covered security\u8221? includes, among other things, a security listed on the NASDAQ. Since\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company common shares are currently listed on the NASDAQ, shareholders of the Company are not entitled to appraisal\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql rights in connection with the merger.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Litigation Related to the Merger\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (page 50)\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On May 2, 2017, a purported shareholder of the Company filed a complaint in a putative class and derivative action in the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, County Department, Chancery Division, captioned\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Robert J. Shannon, Jr. v. Fresenius\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Kabi AG, et al.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql , Case No. 2017-CH-06322 (the \u8220?Shannon Action\u8221?). On May 16, 2017, a purported shareholder of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company filed a complaint in a putative class and derivative action in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, County\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Department, Chancery Division, captioned\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Daniel Ochoa v. John N. Kapoor, et al.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql , Case No. 2017-CH-06928 (the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?Ochoa Action\u8221?). The Shannon Action and the Ochoa Action allege, among other things, that in pursuing the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql merger, the directors of the Company breached their fiduciary duties to the Company and its shareholders by, among other things,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreeing to enter into the merger agreement for an allegedly unfair price and as the result of an allegedly deficient process. The\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Shannon Action and the Ochoa Action also allege that Fresenius Kabi, Fresenius Parent and Merger Sub aided and abetted the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql other defendants\u8217? alleged breaches of their fiduciary duties. The Shannon Action and the Ochoa Action seek, among other\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql things, to enjoin the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement or, in the alternative, to recover monetary damages.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On June 2, 2017, a purported shareholder of the Company filed a complaint in a putative class action in the United States\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, captioned\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Robert Berg v. Akorn, Inc., et al.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql , Case No. 3:17-cv-00350 (the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?Berg Action\u8221?). On June 7, 2017, a purported shareholder of the Company filed a complaint in a putative class\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql action in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, captioned\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Jorge Alcarez v. Akorn, Inc., et al.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql ,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Case No. 3:17-cv-00359 (the \u8220?Alcarez Action\u8221?). The Berg Action and the Alcarez Action allege that the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s preliminary proxy statement, filed with the SEC on May 22, 2017, omits material information with respect to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the merger, rendering it false and misleading and thus that the Company, the directors of the Company and the CEO of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company violated Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act as well as SEC Rule 14a-9. The Berg Action further alleges that Fresenius\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Kabi, the directors of the Company and the CEO of the Company violated Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act. Similarly, the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Alcarez Action also alleges that the directors of the Company and the CEO of the Company violated Section 20(a) of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Exchange Act. The Berg Action and Alcarez Action seek, among other things, an order requiring the dissemination of a proxy\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql statement that does not contain allegedly untrue statements of material fact and that states all material facts allegedly required or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql necessary to make the proxy statement not misleading; an order enjoining the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement;\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql an award of rescissory damages should the merger be consummated; and an award of attorneys\u8217? fees and expenses.
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On June 14, 2017, a purported shareholder of the Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql filed a complaint in a putative class action in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, captioned\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Sean Harris v. Akorn, Inc. et al.,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Case No. 3:17-cv-00373 (the \u8220?Harris Action\u8221?). The House Action, the Carlyle\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Action and the Harris Action allege that the Company\u8217?s preliminary proxy statement, filed with the SEC on May 22,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 2017, omits material information with respect to the merger, rendering it false and misleading and thus that the Company and the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql directors of the Company violated Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act as well as SEC Rule 14a-9. The House Action, the Carlyle\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Action and the Harris Action further allege that the directors of the Company violated Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act. The\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql House Action and the Harris Action seek, among other things, to enjoin the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql unless the Company discloses the allegedly material information that was allegedly omitted from the proxy statement, an award\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of damages and an award of attorneys\u8217? fees and expenses. The Carlyle Action seeks, among other things, to enjoin the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql transactions contemplated by the merger agreement unless the Company adopts and implements a procedure or process to obtain\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql certain unspecified terms for shareholders and discloses the allegedly material information that was allegedly omitted from the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql proxy statement, rescission, to the extent already implemented, of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement or of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the terms thereof, an award of damages and an award of attorneys\u8217? fees and expenses.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Company believes that the Shannon Action, the Ochoa Action, the Berg Action, the Alcarez Action, the House Action,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Carlyle Action and the Harris Action are without merit and intends to vigorously defend them.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (page 57)\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The receipt of cash pursuant to the merger will be a taxable transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Generally, for\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql U.S. federal income tax purposes, if you are a holder of Company common shares who is a U.S. holder (as defined below in the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql section of this proxy statement entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger\u8212?Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?), you will recognize capital gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount of cash you receive in the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql merger and your\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql \~\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql adjusted tax basis in the Company common shares converted into cash in the merger. If you are a holder of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company common shares who is a non-U.S. holder (as defined below in the section of this proxy statement entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Merger\u8212?Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?), the merger will generally not be a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql taxable transaction to you under U.S. federal income tax laws unless you have certain connections to the United States. Because\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql individual circumstances may differ, we recommend that you consult your own tax advisor to determine the particular tax effects\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to you.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql You should read the section of this proxy statement entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger\u8212?Material U.S. Federal Income Tax\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Consequences of the Merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221? beginning on page 57 for a more complete discussion of the material U.S. federal income\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql tax consequences of the merger.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Current Price of Common Shares\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (page 79)\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The closing sale price of Company common shares on the NASDAQ on June 14, 2017 was $33.44 . You are encouraged to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql obtain current market quotations for Company common shares in connection with voting your Company common shares.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Additional Information\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (page 82)\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql You can find more information about the Company in the periodic reports and other information we file with the U.S.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Securities and Exchange Commission (the \u8220?SEC\u8221?). The information is available at the SEC\u8217?s public reference\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql facilities and at the website maintained by the SEC at\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql www.sec.gov\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql . See \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Where You Can Find Additional\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Information\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221? beginning on page 82.
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A:\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On April 24, 2017, the Company entered into the merger agreement with Fresenius Kabi, Merger Sub and, solely for purposes\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of Article VIII thereof, Fresenius Parent. Pursuant to the merger agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into Akorn,\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql with Akorn surviving the merger as a subsidiary of Fresenius Kabi.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A:\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql If the merger is completed, you will be entitled to receive $34.00 in cash, without interest and less any applicable withholding\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql taxes, for each Company common share that you own immediately prior to the effective time of the merger.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql each outstanding Company stock option, other than rights under ESPP, whether vested or unvested, will be canceled\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the product of (x) the number of Company\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql common shares underlying such Company stock option and (y) the excess (if any) of the merger consideration over\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the exercise price per share of such Company stock option, and each such Company stock option that has an\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql exercise price that is greater than or equal to the merger consideration will be canceled for no consideration;\cell{
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{\trowd\cellx420\cellx1084\cellx10800\trrh2228\row}}}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql In addition, the merger agreement provides that prior to the effective time of the merger, no new offering periods under the\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql ESPP will commence, no person will be permitted to increase his or her payroll elections through the ESPP and no new\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql individuals will be permitted to commence participation in the ESPP. If the closing date of the merger is scheduled to occur\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql before the scheduled purchase date for the then-current purchase period under the ESPP, then the final purchase date will be\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql set before the effective time of the merger. On the final purchase date, each participant\u8217?s accumulated payroll\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql deductions under the ESPP will be used to purchase Company common shares, and all such Company common shares will
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Q:\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql When and where is the special meeting of our shareholders?\~\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A:\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The special meeting will be held on July 19 , 2017, at 10:00 a.m. local time, at 1925 West Field Court, Suite 300, Lake\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Forest, Illinois 60045 .\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A:\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Only shareholders of record as of June 9 , 2017, the record date for the special meeting, or their legal proxy holders may\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql attend the special meeting. Due to space constraints and other security considerations, we will not be able to accommodate the\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql guests of either shareholders or their legal proxy holders.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A:\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 9 , 2017, the record date for the special meeting, will be entitled to\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql vote the Company common shares they held on the record date at the special meeting. As of the close of business on the\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql record date, there were 124,763,997 Company common shares outstanding and entitled to vote. Each shareholder is entitled to\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql one vote for each Company common share held by such shareholder on the record date on each of the proposals presented in\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql this proxy statement.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A:\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql At the special meeting, holders of Company common shares will be asked to consider and vote on the following proposals:\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql a nonbinding, advisory proposal to approve the compensation that may be paid or may become payable to the\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s named executive officers in connection with, or following, the consummation of the merger (this\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql nonbinding, advisory proposal, which we refer to as the \u8220?nonbinding compensation proposal\u8221?, relates\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql only to contractual obligations of the Company in existence prior to consummation of the merger that may result in\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql a payment to the Company\u8217?s named executive officers in connection with, or following, the consummation of\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the merger and does not relate to any new compensation or other arrangements between the Company\u8217?s\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql named executive officers and Fresenius Kabi or, following the merger, the surviving corporation and its\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql subsidiaries); and\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql a proposal to adjourn the special meeting to a later date or time, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql proxies in the event there are insufficient votes at the time of the special meeting or any adjournment or\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql postponement thereof to approve the merger agreement, which we refer to as the \u8220?adjournment\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql proposal\u8221?.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A:\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A majority of all of the issued and outstanding Company common shares entitled to vote, present in person or represented by\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql proxy, constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the holders of Company common shares.\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Abstentions will be counted for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum. \u8220?Broker non-votes\u8221? (as\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql described under \u8220?\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Special Meeting\u8212?Quorum\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?) will not be counted for purposes of determining the\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql presence of a quorum unless the broker, bank, trust, custodian or other nominee (we refer to those organizations collectively as\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?broker\u8221?) has been instructed to vote on at least one of the proposals presented in this proxy statement. If,\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql however, less than a quorum is present or represented at the special meeting, the holders of Company common shares\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql representing a majority in interest present or represented and entitled to vote at the meeting may, after the lapse of at least half\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql an hour, adjourn the meeting.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A:\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The approval of the merger agreement by holders of Company common shares requires the affirmative vote of shareholders\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql holding at least a majority of the outstanding Company common shares entitled to vote thereon as of the close of business on\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the record date.\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql Abstentions, failures to vote and \u8220?broker non-votes\u8221? will have the same effect as a vote\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql \u8220?AGAINST\u8221? the proposal to approve the merger agreement.\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Note that you may vote to approve the merger\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement and vote not to approve the nonbinding compensation proposal or adjournment proposal or vice versa.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A:\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql The Board recommends a vote \u8220?FOR\u8221? the proposal to approve the merger agreement, \u8220?FOR\u8221?\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql the nonbinding compensation proposal and \u8220?FOR\u8221? the adjournment proposal.\cell{
{\trowd\cellx2\cellx222\cellx10800\trrh495\row}}}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql For a discussion of the factors that the Board considered in determining to recommend the approval of the merger agreement,\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql please see the section of this proxy statement entitled \u8220?\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger\u8212?Reasons for the Merger\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221? beginning\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql on page 36. In addition, in considering the recommendation of the Board with respect to the merger agreement, you should be\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql aware that some of the Company\u8217?s directors and executive officers have interests that may be different from, or in\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql addition to, the interests of the Company\u8217?s shareholders generally. Please see the section of this proxy statement\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql entitled \u8220?\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger\u8212?Interests of the Company\u8217?s Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql beginning on page 51.\par\pard\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A:\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql As of June 9 , 2017, the directors and executive officers of Akorn beneficially owned in the aggregate 31,480,988 Company\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql common shares, or approximately 25.2% of the outstanding Company common shares. We currently expect that each of these\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql individuals will vote all of his or her shares in favor of each of the proposals to be presented at the special meeting. As\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql described in the section \u8220?\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Voting Agreements\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?, Dr. Kapoor, Mr. Rai, Mr. Bonaccorsi, Dr. Kutinsky and their\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shareholder affiliates have committed to vote in favor of the merger. None of the other directors and officers are obligated to\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql vote in favor of the merger (although we currently expect them to do so).\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Q:\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Do any of the Company\u8217?s directors or executive officers have any interests in the merger that are different from, or in\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql addition to, my interests as a shareholder?\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A:\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql In considering the proposals to be voted on at the special meeting, you should be aware that the Company\u8217?s directors\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and executive officers have financial interests in the merger that may be different from, or in addition to, your interests as a\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shareholder. The members of the Board were aware of and considered these interests in reaching the determination to adopt\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the merger agreement and recommend that the holders of Company common shares vote their Company common shares to\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql approve the merger agreement. These interests may include:\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql each outstanding Company stock option and each Company RSU granted prior to the date of the merger agreement\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql will be cashed out upon the effective time of the merger, and each outstanding Company RSU granted following the\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql date of the merger agreement will be converted at the effective time of the merger into an unvested award\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql representing the opportunity to receive a fixed cash amount, payable in installments (in each case as described below\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql in \u8220?\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger Agreement\u8212?Treatment of Equity and Equity-Based Awards\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?);\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company\u8217?s directors and executive officers are entitled to continued indemnification and insurance\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql coverage under the merger agreement.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A:\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The record date for the special meeting is earlier than the date of the special meeting. If you own Company common shares on\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the record date, but transfer your shares after the record date but before the effective time of the merger, you will retain your\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql right to vote such shares at the special meeting. However, the right to receive the merger consideration will pass to the person\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to whom you transferred your shares.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A:\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql If you are a shareholder with Company common shares registered in your name, you may vote such shares in person at the\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql special meeting or by submitting a proxy for the special meeting via the internet, by telephone or by completing, signing,\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql dating and mailing the enclosed proxy card in the envelope provided.\cell{
{\trowd\cellx2\cellx222\cellx10800\trrh742\row}}}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql For more detailed instructions on how to vote using one of these methods, please see the section of this proxy statement\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql entitled \u8220?\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Special Meeting\u8212?Voting Procedures\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221? beginning on page 20.\par\pard\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql If you are a holder of record of Company common shares and you submit a proxy card or voting instructions but do not\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql direct how to vote on each item, the persons named as proxies will vote in favor of the proposal to approve the merger\plain\li330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement, the nonbinding compensation proposal and the adjournment proposal.
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A:\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql If you hold your shares in street name,\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql in other words your shares are held in the name of your broker, bank or\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql other agent, you should have received a proxy card and voting instructions with these proxy materials from that\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql organization rather than from Akorn. In order to vote, complete and mail the proxy card received from your broker,\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql bank or other applicable agent to ensure that your vote is counted. Alternatively, you may vote by telephone or over\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the internet as instructed by your broker, bank or such other applicable agent. To vote in person at the special\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql meeting, you must obtain a valid proxy from your broker, bank or other agent. Follow the instructions from your\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql broker, bank or other agent included with these proxy materials or contact your broker, bank or such other agent to\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql request a proxy form.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A:\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql If you abstain from voting, fail to cast your vote in person or by proxy or fail to give voting instructions to your broker, it\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql will have the same effect as a vote \u8220?AGAINST\u8221? the proposal to approve the merger agreement.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A:\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql You may receive more than one set of voting materials, including multiple copies of this proxy statement or multiple proxy or\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql voting instruction cards. For example, if you hold your Company common shares in more than one brokerage account, you\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql will receive a separate voting instruction card for each brokerage account in which you hold Company common shares. If you\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql are a holder of Company common shares of record and your shares are registered in more than one name, you will receive\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql more than one proxy card.\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql Please submit each proxy and voting instruction card that you receive to ensure that all your\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql shares are voted.\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A:\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql We are working toward completing the merger as promptly as possible. We currently anticipate the merger to close by early\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 2018, but we cannot be certain when or if the conditions of the merger will be satisfied or (if permissible under applicable\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql law) waived. The merger cannot be completed until the conditions to closing are satisfied or (if permissible under applicable\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql law) waived, including the approval of the merger agreement by the holders of Company common shares at the special\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql meeting and the receipt of certain regulatory approvals.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A:\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql If the merger is consummated, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company, and the Company will continue to\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql exist following the merger as a subsidiary of Fresenius Kabi. Following such consummation of the merger, Company common\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shares will no longer be traded on the NASDAQ or any other public market, and the registration of Company common shares\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql under the Exchange Act will be terminated.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A:\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql In the event that the proposal to approve the merger agreement does not receive the required approval from the holders of\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company common shares, or if the merger is not completed for any other reason, the holders of Company common shares will\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql not receive any payment for their Company common shares in connection with the merger. Instead, the Company will remain\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql an independent public company and shareholders will continue to own their Company common shares. The Company common\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shares will continue to be registered under the Exchange Act and listed and traded on the NASDAQ. Under certain\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql circumstances, if the merger is not completed, the Company may be obligated to pay to Fresenius Kabi a termination fee.\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Please see the section of this proxy statement entitled \u8220?\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger Agreement\u8212?Termination Fee\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql beginning on page 74.\cell{
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{\trowd\cellx420\cellx1084\cellx10800\trrh742\row}}}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A copy of the merger agreement is attached as Annex A to this proxy statement.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra008_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra008_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Recommendation of the Board\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Board carefully reviewed and considered the terms and conditions of the merger agreement, the merger and the other\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. The Board adopted the merger agreement, directed that the approval of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql merger agreement be submitted to a vote at a meeting of the holders of Company common shares and recommended that the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql holders of Company common shares vote for approval of the merger agreement. Accordingly, the Board recommends a vote\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?FOR\u8221? the proposal to approve the merger agreement. For a discussion of the factors that the Board considered in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql determining to recommend the approval of the merger agreement, please see the section of this proxy statement entitled\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger\u8212?Reasons for the Merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221? beginning on page 36.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Board also recommends a vote \u8220?FOR\u8221? the nonbinding compensation proposal and a vote\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?FOR\u8221? the adjournment proposal.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra009_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra009_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Record Date and Shareholders Entitled to Vote\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 9 , 2017, the record date for the special meeting, will be entitled to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql vote the Company common shares they held on the record date at the special meeting. As of the close of business on the record\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql date, there were 124,763,997 Company common shares outstanding and entitled to vote. Each shareholder is entitled to one vote\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql for each Company common share held by such shareholder on the record date on each of the proposals presented in this proxy\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql statement.
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}{\*\bkmkstart lakra010_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra010_11655230}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Quorum\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A majority of all of the issued and outstanding Company common shares entitled to vote, whether present in person or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql represented by proxy, constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the holders of Company common\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shares. Abstentions will be counted for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum. \u8220?Broker non-votes\u8221? will\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql not be counted for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum unless the broker has been instructed to vote on at least\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql one of the proposals presented in this proxy statement.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A \u8220?broker non-vote\u8221? occurs when (i) your Company common shares are held by a broker, in nominee name or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql otherwise, exercising fiduciary powers (typically referred to as being held in \u8220?street name\u8221?) and (ii) a broker\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql submits a proxy card for your Company common shares held in \u8220?street name\u8221?, but does not vote on a particular\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql proposal because the broker has not received voting instructions from you and does not have the authority to vote on that matter\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql without instructions. You must follow instructions from your broker to authorize it to vote with respect to the proposal to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql approve the merger agreement, the nonbinding compensation proposal or the adjournment proposal.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql If, however, less than a quorum is present or represented at the special meeting, the holders of Company common shares\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql representing a majority in interest present or represented and entitled to vote at the meeting may, after the lapse of at least half\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql an hour, adjourn the meeting, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice other than announcement at the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql meeting, so long as the date to which the meeting is adjourned is no more than 120 days after the record date of June 9 , 2017.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql In the event that a quorum is not present at the special meeting, or if there are insufficient votes to approve the merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement at the time of the special meeting, we expect that the special meeting will be adjourned or postponed to solicit\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql additional proxies.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra011_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra011_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Vote Required\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Approval of the Merger Agreement\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The approval of the merger agreement by the holders of Company common shares requires the affirmative vote of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shareholders holding at least a majority of the outstanding Company common shares entitled to vote thereon as of the close of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql business on the record date. Under the merger agreement, the receipt of such required vote is a condition to the consummation of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the merger. Note that you may vote to approve the merger agreement and vote not to approve the nonbinding compensation\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql proposal or adjournment proposal or vice versa.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The failure to vote your Company common shares, abstentions and \u8220?broker non-votes\u8221? will have the same\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql effect as a vote \u8220?AGAINST\u8221? the proposal to approve the merger agreement.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Approval of the Nonbinding Compensation Proposal\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The approval of the nonbinding compensation proposal by the holders of Company common shares requires the approval by a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql majority of the votes cast affirmatively or negatively on that proposal at the special meeting. Assuming a quorum is present at\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the special meeting, abstentions, failures to vote and \u8220?broker non-votes\u8221? will have no effect on the outcome of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql nonbinding compensation proposal.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The vote on the nonbinding compensation proposal is a vote separate and apart from the vote to approve the merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement. Because the vote on the nonbinding compensation proposal is advisory only, it will not be binding on the Company,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Board, Fresenius Kabi or the surviving corporation. Accordingly, because the Company is contractually obligated to pay the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql compensation, if the merger agreement is approved by the holders of Company common shares and the merger is completed, the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql compensation will be payable, subject only to the conditions applicable thereto, regardless of the outcome of the nonbinding\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql advisory vote.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Approval of the Adjournment Proposal\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The approval of the adjournment proposal by the holders of Company common shares requires the approval by a majority of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the votes cast affirmatively or negatively on that proposal at the special meeting. Assuming a quorum is present at the special\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql meeting, abstentions, failures to vote and \u8220?broker non-votes\u8221? will have no effect on the outcome of the adjournment\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql proposal. If less than a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote are present in person or represented by proxy at the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql special meeting, a majority of the shares present or represented at the meeting may also adjourn the meeting under the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s
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{\trowd\cellx420\cellx1084\cellx10800\trrh495\row}}}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql If you hold your shares in street name,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql in other words the shares are held in the name of your broker, bank or other agent,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql you should have received a proxy card and voting instructions with these proxy materials from that organization rather than from\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Akorn. In order to vote, complete and mail the proxy card received from your broker or bank to ensure that your vote is counted.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Alternatively, you may vote by telephone or over the internet as instructed by your broker, bank or such other applicable agent.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql To vote in person at the special meeting, you must obtain a valid proxy from your broker, bank or other agent. Follow the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql instructions from your broker, bank or other agent included with these proxy materials (including how and when to vote your\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company common shares) or contact your broker, bank or such other agent to request a proxy form. The timing described in the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql instructions from your broker may differ from the timing described above.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql Without following those instructions, your shares\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql will not be voted, which will have the same effect as a vote \u8220?AGAINST\u8221? the proposal to approve the merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql agreement.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql For additional questions about the merger, assistance in submitting proxies or voting Company common shares, or to request\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql additional copies of this proxy statement or the enclosed proxy card, please contact Innisfree M&A Incorporated, which is acting\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql as the Company\u8217?s proxy solicitation agent in connection with the merger, toll free at (888) 750-5834.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra013_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra013_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql How Proxies Are Voted\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql If you complete and submit your proxy card or voting instructions, the persons named as proxies will follow your\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql instructions. If you are a holder of Company common shares of record and you submit a proxy card or voting instructions but do\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql not direct how to vote on each item, the persons named as proxies will vote in favor of the proposal to approve the merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement, the nonbinding compensation proposal and the adjournment proposal.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra014_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra014_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Revocation of Proxies\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql For shareholders of record\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql , any time after you have submitted a proxy card and before the proxy is exercised, you may\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql revoke or change your vote in one of three ways:\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~
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In order to attend the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql special meeting and vote in person, you will need to obtain a proxy for your broker or other nominee, the shareholder of record.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra015_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra015_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Voting in Person\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Only shareholders as of June 9 , 2017, the record date for the special meeting, or their legal proxy holders may attend the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql special meeting. Due to space constraints and other security considerations, we will not be able to accommodate the guests of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql either shareholders or their legal proxy holders.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql To be admitted to the special meeting, you must present valid proof of ownership of the Company\u8217?s common shares as\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of June 9 , 2017 or a valid legal proxy. All attendees must also provide a form of government-issued photo identification. If you\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql arrive at the special meeting without the required items, we will admit you only if we are able to verify that you are a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shareholder of the Company as of June 9 , 2017. If you hold shares through a bank or broker and wish to vote in person, you\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql must obtain a legal proxy issued in your name from your broker or other nominee.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql If you are representing an entity that is a shareholder, you must provide evidence of your authority to represent that entity at\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the special meeting. Shareholders holding shares in a joint account will be admitted to the special meeting if they provide proof\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of joint ownership.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra016_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra016_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Solicitation of Proxies\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Company will bear the cost of soliciting proxies, including the expense of preparing, printing and distributing this proxy\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql statement. In addition to soliciting proxies by mail, telephone or electronic means, we may request brokers to solicit their\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql customers who have Company common shares registered in their names and will, upon request, reimburse them for the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql reasonable, out-of-pocket costs of forwarding proxy materials in accordance with customary practice. We may also use the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql services of our directors, officers and other employees to solicit proxies, personally or by telephone, without additional\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql compensation. In addition, the Company has retained Innisfree M&A Incorporated to solicit shareholder proxies at a total cost to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company of approximately $25,000,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql plus\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql reimbursement of customary expenses.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra017_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra017_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Adjournments and Postponements\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Although it is not currently expected, the special meeting may be adjourned, recessed or postponed for the purpose of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql soliciting additional proxies. An adjournment of the special meeting may be made by holders of Company common shares\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql representing a majority in interest present or represented and entitled to vote at the meeting, after the lapse of at least half an\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql hour.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql At any subsequent reconvening of the special meeting at which a quorum is present in person or represented by proxy, any\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting, and all proxies will be voted in the same\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql manner as they would have been voted at the original convening of the special meeting, except for any proxies that have been\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql validly revoked or withdrawn prior to the reconvened meeting.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra018_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra018_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Voting by Company Directors, Executive Officers and Principal Securityholders\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql As of June 9 , 2017, the directors and executive officers of Akorn beneficially owned in the aggregate 31,480,988 Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql common shares, or approximately 25.2% of the outstanding Company common shares. We currently expect that each of these\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql individuals will vote all of his or her shares in favor of each of the proposals to be presented at the special meeting. As described\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql in the section \u8220?Voting\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Agreements\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?, Dr. Kapoor, Mr. Rai, Mr. Bonaccorsi, Dr. Kutinsky and their shareholder\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql affiliates have entered into voting agreements obligating them to vote in favor of the merger. None of the other directors and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql officers are obligated to vote in favor of the merger (although we currently expect them to do so).
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Dr. Kapoor, Mr. Rai, Mr. Bonaccorsi, Dr. Kutinsky and their shareholder affiliates entered into voting agreements with\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi pursuant to which such shareholders agreed, among other things, to vote or cause to be voted all subject shares\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (A) in favor of approval of the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement and any related\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql proposal in furtherance of the foregoing and (b) against any takeover proposal;\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql provided\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql that the merger agreement shall not have\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql been amended or modified in a manner without any such shareholder\u8217?s consent to (i) decrease the merger consideration or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (ii) change the form of merger consideration. The subject shares represent approximately 24.9% of the total outstanding voting\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql power of the Company common shares as of the record date. The terms of the voting agreements are discussed further under the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql heading \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Voting Agreements\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql .\u8221?\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Company\u8217?s directors and executive officers have interests in the merger that may be different from, or in addition\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to, the interests of the Company\u8217?s shareholders generally. For more information, please see the section of this proxy\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql statement entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger\u8212?Interests of the Company\u8217?s Directors and Executive Officers in the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221? beginning on page 51.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra019_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra019_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Assistance\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql If you need assistance in completing your proxy card or have questions regarding the special meeting, please contact Innisfree\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql M&A Incorporated, which is acting as the Company\u8217?s proxy solicitation agent in connection with the merger, toll free at\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (888) 750-5834. Brokers may call collect at (212) 750-5833.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra020_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra020_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql List of Shareholders\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A list of shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting will be open to the examination of any shareholder on and during\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql ordinary business hours beginning two business days after notice of the meeting is given and continuing through the meeting at\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 1925 West Field Court, Suite 300, Lake Forest, Illinois 60045.
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\par\pard\plain\fs16\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql In accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act, the Company is providing holders of Company common shares with\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the opportunity to cast a nonbinding advisory vote on the compensation that may be payable to the Company\u8217?s named\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql executive officers in connection with the merger. As required by those rules, the Company is asking holders of Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql common shares to vote on the approval of the following resolution:\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?RESOLVED, that the compensation that may be paid or become payable to the Company\u8217?s named executive\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql officers in connection with the merger, as disclosed in the table entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Potential Payments to Named Executive\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Officers\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?, including the associated narrative discussion, and the agreements or understandings pursuant to which such\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql compensation may be paid or become payable, are hereby APPROVED.\u8221?\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The vote on executive compensation payable in connection with the merger is a vote separate and apart from the vote to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql approve the merger agreement. Accordingly, you may vote to approve the merger agreement and vote not to approve the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql executive compensation or vice versa. Because the vote is advisory in nature only, it will not be binding on the Company or the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Board. Accordingly, because the Company is contractually obligated to pay the compensation, such compensation will be paid or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql become payable, subject only to the conditions applicable thereto, if the merger is consummated and regardless of the outcome of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the advisory vote.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The approval of the nonbinding compensation proposal by the holders of Company common shares requires the approval by a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql majority of the votes cast affirmatively or negatively on that proposal at the special meeting. Assuming a quorum is present at\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the special meeting, abstentions, failures to vote and \u8220?broker non-votes\u8221? will have no effect on the outcome of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql nonbinding compensation proposal.\par\pard\plain\fi330\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc The Board recommends a vote \u8220?FOR\u8221? the approval of the nonbinding compensation proposal.
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The Board has adopted the merger agreement and recommends that the holders of Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql common shares vote to approve the merger agreement.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Upon the consummation of the merger, each Company common share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql effective time of the merger (other than Company common shares owned by the Company as treasury shares or owned by\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi or Merger Sub and other than Company common shares owned by wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi (other than Merger Sub) that Fresenius Kabi has elected to be canceled) will be canceled and converted into the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql right to receive $34.00 in cash, without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra026_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra026_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Background of the Merger\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Board, together with the Company\u8217?s management and with the assistance of the Company\u8217?s advisors, has\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql periodically reviewed the Company\u8217?s long-term strategic plan and considered various strategic opportunities available to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company as well as ways to enhance shareholder value and the Company\u8217?s performance and prospects, including in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql light of the business, competitive, regulatory and economic environment and developments in the Company\u8217?s industry.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql These reviews have included discussions as to whether the Company should continue to execute on its strategy as a stand-alone\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql company, pursue various acquisitions or pursue a sale of the entire Company. As part of these reviews, the Board, together with\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company\u8217?s management and with the assistance of the Company\u8217?s advisors, has considered from time to time\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql what would offer the best avenue to enhance shareholder value along with the potential benefits and risks of any potential\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql transaction.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On February 17, 2016, the Company held a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board, with representatives of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s management and J.P. Morgan participating. Representatives of J.P. Morgan discussed with the Board\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql conditions and trends in the generic pharmaceuticals industry and reviewed with the Board the performance and outlook of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s publicly traded peers. Representatives of J.P. Morgan also reviewed the Company\u8217?s stock price\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql performance, noting the recent headwinds associated with the restatement of the Company\u8217?s 2014 financial information\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and delinquent filing of the Company\u8217?s 2015 financial results with the SEC. Representatives of J.P. Morgan also presented\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql an illustrative financial analysis of the Company\u8217?s standalone valuation based on public filings and publicly available\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql equity research. The Board along with members of the Company\u8217?s management and the representatives of J.P. Morgan\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql discussed their views on whether to begin exploring strategic alternatives, in light of conditions and trends in the pharmaceuticals\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql industry and the outlook for the Company\u8217?s business on a standalone basis. After discussion, the Board concluded that it\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql would be in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders to explore potential strategic alternatives that could potentially\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql increase shareholder value following the completion of the restatement of the Company\u8217?s 2014 financial information and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql after becoming current with the Company\u8217?s financial reporting.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql During the spring and early summer of 2016, as part of the Company\u8217?s ordinary course business development\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql activities, which included regular contact with representatives of other industry participants, representatives of the Company met\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql with representatives of an international biopharmaceutical company (\u8220?Company A\u8221?) and a U.S. pharmaceutical\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql distribution company (\u8220?Company B\u8221?). Representatives of the Company discussed a broad range of topics with the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql representatives of Company A and Company B over the course of these discussions, including whether such companies had a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql strategic interest in the generic pharmaceuticals industry. Over the course of these discussions, the Company learned that neither\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company A nor Company B were interested in expanding into the Company\u8217?s markets. Also during this time period,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql representatives of J.P. Morgan contacted a diversified U.S. healthcare company (\u8220?Company C\u8221?) as part of J.P.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Morgan\u8217?s ordinary course marketing activities. As part of this marketing discussion, representatives of J.P.\~Morgan\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql evaluated whether Company C believed that a company like the Company would be a good strategic fit for Company C, and the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql representatives of J.P. Morgan learned that Company C was not interested in a broad entry into the generic pharmaceuticals\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql industry. As a result, it was clear that Company A, Company B and Company C would be unlikely to pursue a transaction to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql acquire the Company.
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Morgan discussed a preliminary list of potential strategic companies in the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql pharmaceutical industry and financial sponsors that may have an interest in acquiring the Company, noting the information they\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql had learned from Company A, Company B and Company C.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On July 27, 2016, the Company held a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board, with representatives of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s management participating. Mr. Rai updated the Board on conditions and trends in the generic pharmaceuticals\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql industry, as well as his discussion with Dr. Kapoor and representatives of J.P. Morgan regarding potential strategic alternatives\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql that could potentially increase shareholder value. Mr. Rai provided the Board with management\u8217?s recommendation that the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company commence a process to solicit proposals to acquire the Company from potential strategic and financial counterparties,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and the Board reached a consensus to begin this process.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On August 23, 2016, representatives of J.P. Morgan met in person with Mr. Alexander Dettmer, Head of Corporate Business\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Development / M&A, Senior Vice President of Fresenius Parent, as part of J.P. Morgan\u8217?s ordinary course marketing\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql activities. At the meeting, representatives of J.P. Morgan and Mr. Dettmer discussed whether the Company could potentially be a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql good strategic fit for Fresenius Kabi. Mr. Dettmer informed representatives of J.P. Morgan that Fresenius Parent believed the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company could potentially be a good strategic fit for Fresenius Kabi.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql In August 2016, representatives of J.P. Morgan, on behalf of the Company, contacted a representative of a U.S. private\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql equity fund (\u8220?Financial Sponsor A\u8221?) to evaluate its potential interest in a transaction with the Company. Financial\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Sponsor A indicated that it would be interested in conducting preliminary due diligence to evaluate a transaction with the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company and that it intended to partner with a foreign sovereign wealth fund (\u8220?Sovereign Wealth Fund\u8221?) as an\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql equity financing source in connection with any potential transaction. On August 26, 2016, the Company entered into\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql confidentiality agreements with each of Financial Sponsor A and Sovereign Wealth Fund, which contained customary standstill\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql provisions that would automatically terminate upon the entry by the Company into a definitive acquisition agreement with a third\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql party. On August 29, 2016, representatives of the Company and J.P. Morgan gave representatives of Financial Sponsor A and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Sovereign Wealth Fund a presentation regarding the Company\u8217?s business and operations, which presentation included\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql certain unaudited prospective financial information for the fiscal years 2016 through 2019. Representatives of Financial Sponsor\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql A and Sovereign Wealth Fund subsequently informed the Company that Financial Sponsor A and Sovereign Wealth Fund were\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql not interested in pursuing an acquisition of the Company due to the concentration in the Company\u8217?s product portfolio and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql certain adverse trends in the generic pharmaceuticals industry and would not be submitting a proposal with respect to a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql transaction.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql In August 2016, representatives of J.P. Morgan, on behalf of the Company, contacted representatives of a U.S. private\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql equity fund (\u8220?Financial Sponsor B\u8221?) to evaluate its potential interest in a transaction with the Company. On August\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 29, 2016, representatives of the Company and J.P. Morgan gave representatives of Financial Sponsor B a presentation (which did\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql not contain any material non-public information) regarding the Company\u8217?s business and operations. The Company and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Financial Sponsor B did not enter into a confidentiality agreement, and Financial Sponsor B was not provided with any material\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql non-public information. Representatives of Financial Sponsor B subsequently informed the Company that Financial Sponsor B\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql was not interested in pursuing an acquisition of the Company due to the size of the potential equity commitment required for the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql transaction and would not be submitting a proposal with respect to a transaction.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql In early October 2016, representatives of J.P. Morgan, on behalf of the Company, contacted Mr. John Ducker, President and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Chief Executive Officer of Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fresenius Kabi, to evaluate whether\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi believed that a company with a business profile similar to that of the Company would be a good strategic fit for\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi. Representatives of J.P. Morgan then suggested that the Company could potentially be a good strategic fit for\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi. Mr. Ducker agreed to meet in person with representatives of the Company and J.P. Morgan later that month.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On October 13, 2016, Mr. Rai and representatives of J.P. 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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql facility resulting from the FDA\u8217?s 10-day inspection in June, including quality control issues and issues in written\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql production and process control procedures. During the Company\u8217?s earnings call on November 3, 2016, Mr.\~Rai responded\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to questions from investors about the Form 483 report and indicated that the issues identified in the Form 483 report would have\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql an adverse impact on the timing of regulatory approvals of certain products manufactured at the Decatur, IL manufacturing\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql facility.\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On October 24, 2016, representatives of J.P. Morgan, on behalf of the Company, contacted representatives of a U.S. private\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql equity fund (\u8220?Financial Sponsor C\u8221?) to evaluate their potential interest in a transaction with the Company. Also on\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql October 24, 2016, representatives of J.P. Morgan, on behalf of the Company, contacted representatives of a U.S. private equity\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql fund (\u8220?Financial Sponsor D\u8221?) to recommend that Financial Sponsor D meet with representatives of the Company so\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql that representatives of both organizations could familiarize themselves with each other and their respective organizations and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql potentially evaluate whether to explore a transaction in the future.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On October 26, 2016, the Company held a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board, with representatives of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s management participating. The Company\u8217?s management updated the Board on conditions and trends in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the generic pharmaceuticals industry, as well as the status of the Company\u8217?s discussions with strategic companies and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql financial sponsors about a potential transaction involving the Company, including the discussions with Fresenius Kabi. Following\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql a discussion of the ongoing solicitation process, the Board reached a consensus that management should continue discussions\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql with Fresenius Kabi.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On October 31, 2016, representatives of the Company and representatives of Financial Sponsor C met in person to further\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql explore Financial Sponsor C\u8217?s potential interest in a transaction with the Company.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On November 1, 2016, representatives of the Company gave representatives of Financial Sponsor D a presentation (which\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql did not contain any material non-public information) regarding the Company\u8217?s business and operations. The Company and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Financial Sponsor D did not enter into a confidentiality agreement, and Financial Sponsor D was not provided with any material\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql non-public information.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On November 4, 2016, the Company sent Fresenius Kabi a draft confidentiality agreement, which contained customary\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql standstill provisions that would automatically terminate upon the entry by the Company into a definitive acquisition agreement\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql with a third party, and a draft clean team confidentiality agreement.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On November 7, 2016, the Company sent Financial Sponsor C a draft confidentiality agreement, which contained customary\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql standstill provisions that would automatically terminate upon the entry by the Company into a definitive acquisition agreement\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql with a third party.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql In November 2016, representatives of J.P. Morgan, on behalf of the Company, contacted the chief executive officer of an\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql international generic pharmaceutical company (\u8220?Company D\u8221?) to evaluate his potential interest in a transaction with\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company. The chief executive officer of Company D informed J.P. Morgan that Company D was not interested in pursuing\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql an acquisition of the Company because of capital constraints and the potential financing requirements for an acquisition of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On November 8, 2016, the Company and Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC entered into a confidentiality agreement and a clean\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql team confidentiality agreement. The Company did not enter into a clean team confidentiality agreement with any other potential\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql counterparty.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On November 11, 2016, representatives of the Company met in person with representatives of Fresenius Kabi for the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company to give Fresenius Kabi a presentation regarding the Company\u8217?s business and operations, which presentation\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql included the November 2016 Management Case.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On November 15, 2016, the Company and Financial Sponsor C entered into a confidentiality agreement. Beginning in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql November 2016 and continuing through January 2017, Financial Sponsor C and its advisors participated in numerous telephonic\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and in person due diligence sessions with representatives of the Company, continuing until the withdrawal of Financial Sponsor\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql C\u8217?s interest in acquiring the Company as described below.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On November 16, 2016, the Company and Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC entered into a \u8220?reverse\u8221? confidentiality\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement and a \u8220?reverse\u8221? clean team confidentiality agreement to cover certain confidential information of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi that was exchanged with the Company.
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On November 17-18, 2016, representatives of the Company met in person with representatives of Financial Sponsor C for\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company to give Financial Sponsor C a presentation regarding the Company\u8217?s business and operations, which\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql included the November 2016 Management Case.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On November 21, 2016, representatives of J.P. Morgan met with representatives of Financial Sponsor D as part of general\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql marketing activities to discuss a variety of topics. During this conversation, representatives of Financial Sponsor D informed J.P.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Morgan that Financial Sponsor D was not interested in pursuing another acquisition in the generic pharmaceuticals industry.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On November 23, 2016, Fresenius Kabi submitted a non-binding indication of interest proposing to acquire the Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql for a price of $30.00 per Company common share and a contingent value right (\u8220?CVR\u8221?) to receive up to $5.00 per\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company common share in cash based on sales of the Company\u8217?s ephedrine product over the following three years.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s non-binding indication of interest did not include any other specifics on the terms of the proposed CVR.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The non-binding indication of interest stated that Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s proposal was subject to completion of customary due\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql diligence and negotiation of a definitive agreement. Fresenius Kabi also requested that the Company enter into exclusive\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql negotiations with Fresenius Kabi for a reasonable period of time. The closing price of the Company common shares on the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql NASDAQ Global Market on November 23, 2016 was $22.40 per Company common share.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On November 30, 2016, Financial Sponsor C submitted a non-binding indication of interest proposing to acquire the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company for a price between $30.00 and $33.00 per Company common share. The indication of interest stated that Financial\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Sponsor C\u8217?s proposal was not subject to any contingency related to financing but was subject to completion of customary\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql due diligence and negotiation of a definitive agreement. Financial Sponsor C also requested that the Company enter into\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql exclusive negotiations with Financial Sponsor C for a period of six weeks. The closing price of the Company common shares on\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the NASDAQ Global Market on November 30, 2016 was $21.22 per Company common share.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On December 2, 2016, the Company held a meeting of the Board, with representatives of the Company\u8217?s\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql management, J.P. Morgan and Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP (\u8220?Cravath\u8221?) participating. At the meeting, Mr. Rai\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql updated the Board on the ongoing discussions with Fresenius Kabi and Financial Sponsor C, including the receipt of written\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql indications of interest from each of them. Representatives of Cravath, outside counsel to the Company, reviewed the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql directors\u8217? fiduciary duties and other legal matters in connection with the Board\u8217?s consideration of the indications of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql interest received from Fresenius Kabi and Financial Sponsor C. Following this review, Mr. Rai and representatives of J.P.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Morgan reviewed the history of discussions over the past six months with a broad range of strategic companies and financial\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql sponsors, including (i) the previous discussions with Company A, Company B, Company C, Company D, Financial Sponsor A,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Financial Sponsor B, Financial Sponsor D and Sovereign Wealth Fund, (ii) a discussion in October 2016 with an international\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql generic pharmaceuticals company that had indicated to the Company that it was interested in divesting certain generic\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql pharmaceutical product lines and (iii) a list of other remaining potential strategic companies in the pharmaceuticals industry that\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company had not yet contacted and that may have interest in acquiring the Company. Representatives of J.P. Morgan\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql reviewed and discussed with the Board the terms of the proposals received from Fresenius Kabi and Financial Sponsor C,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql including the structure and mechanics of the CVR proposed by Fresenius Kabi, and its preliminary financial analyses of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s standalone valuation and the proposed transactions with Fresenius Kabi and Financial Sponsor C. As part of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql this review, members of the Company\u8217?s management discussed with the Board the November 2016 Management Case and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the November 2016 Management Case Extrapolations that had been developed as part of management\u8217?s strategic plan (see\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the section entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger-Financial Forecasts\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?). The Board along with members of the Company\u8217?s\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql management discussed their views on the outlook for the Company\u8217?s business on a standalone basis, including the status\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of the FDA\u8217?s re-inspection of the Company\u8217?s Decatur manufacturing facility and the current and future market\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql dynamics for the Company\u8217?s ephedrine product. After discussion, the Board concluded that it would be in the best interest\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of the Company and its shareholders to continue discussions with both Fresenius Kabi and Financial Sponsor C regarding a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql potential transaction and convey that they would need to improve their proposals to acquire the Company in order for the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company to facilitate a full due diligence review of the Company by them. The Board also considered the request from both\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi and Financial Sponsor C for the Company to enter into exclusive negotiations and concluded that it would not be\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders to grant exclusivity to either potential counterparty at this time. The\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Board, members of the Company\u8217?s management and representatives of J.P. Morgan also discussed the remaining potential\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql strategic companies on the previously discussed list and determined that it was highly unlikely that any of those counterparties\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql would be interested in an acquisition of the Company at that time due to competing strategic priorities and recent acquisitions in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the industry, with the exception of one additional international pharmaceutical company (\u8220?Company E\u8221?) that had\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql previously requested that it be contacted if the Company were considering a
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At the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql meeting, Mr. Rai confirmed for the Board that neither he nor any other member of the Company\u8217?s management would\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql engage in discussions with any potential counterparty regarding future employment roles or arrangements with such potential\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql counterparty unless authorized by the Board and no such discussions took place prior to the entry into the transaction with\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi.\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Also at the December 2, 2016 meeting, the Board authorized the Company\u8217?s management to formally engage J.P.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Morgan as the Company\u8217?s financial advisor, based on J.P. Morgan\u8217?s longstanding relationship with the Company,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql familiarity with the Company\u8217?s business and industry and experience in the pharmaceuticals sector. The Company and J.P.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Morgan subsequently entered into an engagement letter with respect to J.P. Morgan\u8217?s engagement as the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s financial advisor in connection with a potential transaction.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On December 5, 2016, Mr. Rai met with Mr. Ducker to discuss Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s proposed acquisition of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company and convey the feedback from the Board on Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s indication of interest letter, including that\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi would need to improve its proposal to acquire the Company in order for the Company to facilitate a full due\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql diligence review of the Company.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On December 5, 2016, representatives from J.P. Morgan called representatives from Financial Sponsor C to convey the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql feedback from the Board on Financial Sponsor C\u8217?s indication of interest letter, including that Financial Sponsor C would\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql need to improve its proposal to acquire the Company in order for the Company to facilitate a full due diligence review of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Also on December 5, 2016, representatives of J.P. Morgan contacted the chairman of the board of Company E to evaluate\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql its potential interest in a transaction with the Company and noting Company E\u8217?s previous request to be contacted in the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql event that the Company were considering a potential sale transaction. The chairman of the board of Company E informed J.P.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Morgan that Company E was not interested in pursuing an acquisition of the Company because of certain adverse trends in the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql generic pharmaceuticals industry.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On December 12, 2016, the Company issued a press release announcing that the FDA had conducted a re-inspection of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s Decatur manufacturing facility to verify the implementation and effectiveness of the Company\u8217?s\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql responses to the observations from the FDA\u8217?s prior inspection and had not issued any Form 483 observations.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On January 3, 2016, Financial Sponsor C submitted a revised non-binding indication of interest proposing to acquire the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company for a price between $30.00 and $33.00 per Company common share and a CVR to receive up to approximately $2.00\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql per Company common share in cash based on the EBITDA generated out of the Company\u8217?s Paonta Sahib manufacturing\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql facility in India and the India corporate offices during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. Financial Sponsor C\u8217?s\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql non-binding indication of interest did not include any other specifics on the terms of the proposed CVR. The non-binding\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql indication of interest stated that Financial Sponsor C\u8217?s proposal was not subject to any contingency related to financing\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql but was subject to completion of customary due diligence and negotiation of a definitive agreement. Financial Sponsor C\u8217?s\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql revised proposal continued to include a request for the Company enter into exclusive negotiations with Financial Sponsor C for a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql period of six weeks. The closing price of the Company common shares on the NASDAQ Global Market on January 3, 2017 was\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql $22.07 per Company common share.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On January 5, 2017, the Company held a meeting of the Board, with representatives of the Company\u8217?s management,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql J.P. Morgan and Cravath participating. At the meeting, Mr. Rai updated the Board on the status of discussions with Fresenius\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Kabi and Financial Sponsor C, including the receipt of a revised written indication of interest from Financial Sponsor C.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Representatives of J.P. Morgan reviewed and discussed with the Board the terms of the revised proposal received from Financial\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Sponsor C, including the structure and mechanics of the CVR proposed by Financial Sponsor C. The Board along with members\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of the Company\u8217?s management discussed their views of the current proposals from Fresenius Kabi and Financial Sponsor\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql C as well as the request from Financial Sponsor C for the Company to enter into exclusive negotiations. After discussion, the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Board concluded that it would be in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders to continue discussions with Fresenius\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Kabi in order to encourage Fresenius Kabi to submit an improved proposal and to continue discussions on a non-exclusive basis\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql with Financial Sponsor C. The Board authorized management to allow Financial Sponsor C to commence its due diligence review\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of the Company in order to facilitate an improved proposal from Financial Sponsor C. The Board also reviewed disclosure\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql provided by J.P. Morgan regarding relationships between J.P. Morgan and each of the
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company, Fresenius Kabi and Financial Sponsor C and determined that, based on the information provided by J.P. Morgan, those\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql relationships would not impair the advice J.P. Morgan would provide to the Board or its independence.\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On January 6, 2017, to facilitate Financial Sponsor C\u8217?s due diligence, the Company gave representatives of Financial\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Sponsor C access to an electronic data room containing documents and information with respect to the Company.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Representatives of the Company, Fresenius Kabi and Financial Sponsor C each attended the J.P. Morgan Healthcare\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Conference in San Francisco from January 9-12, 2017. On January 9, 2017, Mr. Rai met with Mr. Stephan Sturm, Chairman of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Management Board of Fresenius Parent, to discuss when Fresenius Kabi intended to submit a revised indication of interest.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Mr. Rai reiterated to Mr. Sturm that Fresenius Kabi would need to improve its proposal to acquire the Company in order for the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company to facilitate a full due diligence review of the Company. Also on January 9, 2017, Mr. Rai and representatives of J.P.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Morgan met with representatives of Financial Sponsor C to discuss Financial Sponsor C\u8217?s revised proposal to acquire the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On January 21, 2017, representatives of a U.S. private equity fund (\u8220?Financial Sponsor E\u8221?) contacted\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql representatives J.P. Morgan to express its potential interest in a transaction with the Company and its intention to partner with a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql former executive in the pharmaceuticals industry. Following that conversation, a representative of Financial Sponsor E called Mr.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Rai to convey Financial Sponsor E\u8217?s interest in a potential transaction with the Company.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On January 25, 2017, representatives of the Company had an introductory meeting with representatives of Financial Sponsor\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql E. At the meeting, representatives of Financial Sponsor E stated that they would require access to additional information,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql including financial projections, prior to making a proposal to acquire the Company.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On January 30, 2017, the Company sent Financial Sponsor E a draft confidentiality agreement, which contained customary\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql standstill provisions that would automatically terminate upon the entry by the Company into a definitive acquisition agreement\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql with a third party.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On January 30, 2017, the FDA issued an approval for a third competitor to commence sales of ephedrine, one of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s primary products, in the U.S. Following this approval, bidders expressed to the Company their opinion that the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql November 2016 Management Case should be adjusted for the impact of this approval and other recent developments.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On February 2, 2017, representatives of Financial Sponsor C contacted Mr. Rai and representatives of J.P. Morgan and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql informed them that, due to the challenges it anticipated in the Company\u8217?s business, Financial Sponsor C was no longer\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql interested in pursuing a transaction with the Company and was withdrawing its prior proposals.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On February 2, 2017, the Company and Financial Sponsor E entered into a confidentiality agreement.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On February 3, 2017, Fresenius Kabi submitted a revised non-binding indication of interest proposing to acquire the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company for a price of $32.00 per Company common share and a CVR to receive $4.00 per Company common share in cash in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql early 2019 if the Company\u8217?s sales in calendar year 2018 exceeded a specified threshold. Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql non-binding indication of interest did not include any other specifics on the terms of the proposed CVR. The non-binding\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql indication of interest stated that Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s proposal was subject to completion of customary due diligence and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql negotiation of a definitive agreement. Fresenius Kabi also requested that the Company enter into exclusive negotiations with\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi for a period of six weeks. The closing price of the Company common shares on the NASDAQ Global Market on\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql February 3, 2017 was $20.08 per Company common share.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On February 3, 2017, the Company held a meeting of the Board, with representatives of the Company\u8217?s management,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql J.P. Morgan and Cravath participating. At the meeting, Mr. Rai updated the Board on the status of discussions with Fresenius\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Kabi and Financial Sponsor C, including the receipt of a revised written indication of interest from Fresenius Kabi and Financial\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Sponsor C\u8217?s decision to no longer pursue a transaction with the Company. Mr. Rai also updated the Board on the outreach\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql from Financial Sponsor E and conveyed that the Company had entered into a confidentiality agreement with Financial Sponsor E\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and had begun providing preliminary due diligence information to Financial Sponsor E. Representatives of J.P. Morgan reviewed\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and discussed with the Board the terms of the revised proposal received from Fresenius Kabi, including the structure and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql mechanics of the revised CVR proposed by Fresenius Kabi. The Board along with members of the Company\u8217?s\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql management discussed their views of the current proposal from Fresenius Kabi, including its request for the Company to enter\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql into exclusive negotiations, and the outreach from Financial Sponsor E. After discussion, the Board concluded that it would be in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the best interest of the Company and its shareholders to continue discussions with Fresenius Kabi on a non-exclusive basis,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql including
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The Board also concluded that it would be in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql engage in further discussions with Financial Sponsor E, including providing Financial Sponsor E with the November 2016\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Management Case and an overview of potential adjustments to the November 2016 Management Case to reflect recent\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql developments with respect to certain of the Company\u8217?s products and developments in the Company\u8217?s industry, and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to encourage Financial Sponsor E to submit an initial indication of interest for an acquisition of the Company.\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On February 4, 2017, Mr. Rai had a telephonic meeting with Mr. Ducker to convey that the Board was willing to proceed\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql with negotiations with Fresenius Kabi but only on a non-exclusive basis and only if Fresenius Kabi improved its proposal\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql without the inclusion of a CVR, based on the Company\u8217?s belief that an all-cash acquisition would be better for the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s shareholders than a transaction that included a CVR, and that the Company was prepared to begin facilitating\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s due diligence review of the Company on an expedited basis.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On February 6, 2017, Mr. Ducker contacted Mr. Rai to inform him that Fresenius Kabi was willing to proceed on the basis\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql proposed by Mr. Rai during their meeting on February 4, 2017.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On February 7, 2017, Mr. Joseph Bonaccorsi, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Ms. Jennifer Bowles, Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy of the Company, Mr. Ducker and Mr. Jack Silhavy, Executive\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Vice President and General Counsel of Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC, had a telephonic meeting to align on the process for the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql following weeks, including Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s due diligence review and the negotiation of definitive documentation.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Beginning in February 2017 and continuing through signing the merger agreement on April 24, 2017, Fresenius Kabi and its\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql advisors participated in numerous telephonic and in person due diligence sessions with representatives of the Company.\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On February 8, 2017, the Company provided Financial Sponsor E with the November 2016 Management Case and an\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql overview of potential adjustments to the November 2016 Management Case to reflect recent developments with respect to certain\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of the Company\u8217?s products and developments in the Company\u8217?s industry.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql In February 2017, representatives of a foreign investment company with a pharmaceutical business (\u8220?Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql F\u8221?) contacted both Mr. Rai and representatives of J.P. Morgan to express its interest in acquiring a portion of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company common shares owned by Dr. Kapoor. Representatives of Company F confirmed to representatives of J.P. Morgan that\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql they were not interested in a potential acquisition of the Company but were only inquiring about an acquisition of Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql common shares from Dr. Kapoor. Both Mr. Rai and representatives of J.P. Morgan informed the representatives of Company F\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql that they could contact Dr. Kapoor directly to discuss any such acquisition of Company common shares from Dr. Kapoor.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On February 13, 2017, to facilitate Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s due diligence, the Company gave representatives of Fresenius\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Kabi access to an electronic data room containing documents and information with respect to the Company.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Also on February 13, 2017, Mr. Rai and Ms. Bowles held a conference call with representatives of Financial Sponsor E to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql give Financial Sponsor E a financial presentation regarding the Company, which presentation included the November 2016\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Management Case and an overview of potential adjustments to the November 2016 Management Case to reflect recent\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql developments with respect to certain of the Company\u8217?s products and developments in the Company\u8217?s industry.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On February 23, 2017, representatives of Financial Sponsor E informed the Company that following its initial review of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company, Financial Sponsor E was no longer interested in pursuing a transaction with the Company due to the challenges it\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql anticipated in the Company\u8217?s business and would not be submitting a non-binding indication of interest.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On February 24, 2017, the Company held a meeting of the Board, with representatives of the Company\u8217?s\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql management participating. At the meeting, members of the Company\u8217?s management reviewed the Company\u8217?s\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql financial results for the 2016 fiscal year and budget and business plan for the 2017 fiscal year with the Board, and the Board\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql engaged in a discussion around the 2017 budget and business plan and the outlook for the Company in 2017.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On February 28, 2017, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had received approval from the FDA for its\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql first new product approval out of the Company\u8217?s Decatur manufacturing facility since the FDA re-inspection of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql facility in December 2016.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On March 1, 2017, the Company provided Fresenius Kabi with a comparison of certain line items from the November 2016\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Management Case for the year ending December 31, 2017 to the 2017 budget and business plan that had been reviewed by
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During the weeks following the delivery\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of this comparison, representatives of the Company and Fresenius Kabi and their respective outside advisors continued to discuss\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and exchange information related to the impact of ongoing developments on the November 2016 Management Case that had\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql previously been provided to Fresenius Kabi.\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Also on March 1, 2017, the Company released its financial and operating results for the fiscal year and quarter ended\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql December 31, 2016 and annual guidance for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On March 2, 2017, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had received approval from the FDA for its new\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql drug application for ephedrine sulfate injection.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Also on March 2, 2017, Mr. Rai and Mr. Ducker had a telephonic meeting to discuss the approval of the Company\u8217?s\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql ephedrine sulphate NDA, annual guidance for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017, the regulatory and tax environment\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql outlook in the U.S. and the prospects for the Company\u8217?s business.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On March 17, 2017, Mr. Rai met with Mr. Ducker to discuss the progress of Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s due diligence review\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to date and the proposed terms for an acquisition of the Company by Fresenius Kabi. At the meeting, Mr. Ducker stated that\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi required an additional two weeks to complete its due diligence and that based on the information then available,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql was not in a position to improve its proposal from the indication of interest delivered on February 3, 2017.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On March 20, 2017, the Company held a meeting of the Board, with representatives of the Company\u8217?s management\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql participating. At the meeting, Mr. Rai discussed with the Board the Company\u8217?s business and strategic plan as well as a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql variety of matters impacting that plan, including industry trends, the current political, regulatory and tax environment and the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql competitive dynamics facing the Company. Mr. Rai also reviewed with the Board the Company\u8217?s research and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql development pipeline and the anticipated timetable for FDA approval for the Company\u8217?s pipeline products. Mr. Rai and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Board also discussed the Company\u8217?s acquisition pipeline and the status of the Company\u8217?s manufacturing facility\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql in India.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Also on March 20, 2017 and on March 21, 2017, Mr. Rai and Mr. Ducker had telephonic meetings to discuss the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql completion of due diligence and the availability of financial results for the quarter ending March 31, 2017.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On March 23, 2017, Fresenius Kabi submitted a revised non-binding indication of interest proposing to acquire the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company for a price of $33.00 per Company common share. In the indication of interest, Fresenius Kabi stated that it had\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql substantially completed its due diligence of the Company but that it would require additional information on the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s financial results for the quarter ending March 31, 2017, the Company\u8217?s readiness to comply with\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql federal legal requirements regarding product serialization and site visits by Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s senior executives to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s manufacturing sites. Fresenius Kabi also requested a meeting with Dr. Kapoor to discuss his support for a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql potential transaction and willingness to enter into a voting agreement in connection with a transaction. Fresenius Kabi indicated\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql that it was prepared to commence negotiation of a merger agreement promptly. The closing price of the Company common\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shares on the NASDAQ Global Market on March 23, 2017 was $22.30 per Company common share.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On March 25, 2017, the Company held a meeting of the Board, with representatives of the Company\u8217?s management,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql J.P. Morgan and Cravath participating. At the meeting, Mr. Rai updated the Board on the status of discussions with Fresenius\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Kabi, including the receipt of a revised written indication of interest from Fresenius Kabi and Financial Sponsor E\u8217?s\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql decision to no longer pursue a transaction with the Company. Representatives of Cravath reviewed the directors\u8217? fiduciary\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql duties and other legal matters in connection with the Board\u8217?s consideration of the revised indication of interest received\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql from Fresenius Kabi. Following this review, Mr. Rai and representatives of J.P. Morgan reviewed the history of discussions that\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql had been held over the past nine months with a broad range of strategic companies and financial sponsors about a potential\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql transaction involving the Company, including a discussion in February 2017 with an international specialty pharmaceuticals\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql company that had indicated to the Company that it was interested in divesting certain generic pharmaceutical product lines.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Representatives of J.P. Morgan reviewed and discussed with the Board the terms of the revised proposal received from Fresenius\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Kabi and its preliminary financial analyses of the Company\u8217?s standalone valuation and the proposed transactions with\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi. As part of this review, members of the Company\u8217?s management discussed with the Board the March 2017\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Management Case and the March 2017 Management Case Extrapolations that had been developed as part of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql management\u8217?s strategic plan, including the differences between these forecasts and the November 2016 Management Case\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and the November 2016 Management Case
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Extrapolations (see the section entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger-Financial Forecasts\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?). The Board along with members of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s management discussed their views of the current proposal from Fresenius Kabi. After discussion, the Board\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql concluded that it would be in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders to commence negotiations of a merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement with Fresenius Kabi. The Board also instructed Mr. Rai to continue to negotiate the purchase price for potential\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql transaction with Fresenius Kabi and encourage Fresenius Kabi to improve its proposal from the $33.00 per Company common\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql share price in its most recent indication of interest letter.\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Following the meeting of the Board on March 25, 2017, representatives of J.P. Morgan uploaded a draft merger agreement\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to the electronic data room for review by Fresenius Kabi.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On March 30, 2017, Mr. Rai, Dr. Kapoor, Mr. Sturm, Mr. Ducker and Mr. Mats Henriksson, Chief Executive Officer of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi, met in person to discuss the terms of Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s proposal. At the meeting, Mr. Rai conveyed that\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Board would require an increase in the $33.00 per Company common share price proposed by Fresenius Kabi in order to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agree to enter into a definitive transaction. Mr. Ducker informed Mr. Rai that Fresenius Kabi and Allen & Overy LLP\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (\u8220?A&O\u8221?), outside counsel to Fresenius Kabi, had reviewed the draft merger agreement and conveyed that A&O\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql would send a markup later that day reflecting Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s feedback, including with respect to the breakup fee and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s matching rights in the event of a competing proposal. Mr. Sturm also requested that Dr. Kapoor enter\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql into a voting agreement to commit to vote his Company common shares in favor of a transaction with Fresenius Kabi and that\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Dr. Kapoor agree to invest 20% of any proceeds that Dr. Kapoor would receive in respect of his Company common shares from\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql a transaction with Fresenius Kabi in Fresenius Parent. There were no other substantive discussions with respect to such an\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql investment by Dr. Kapoor and no agreement with respect to such an investment was ever entered into.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On March 31, 2017, Dr. Kapoor and Mr. Sturm had a call to discuss the status of Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s due diligence\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql review and to agree on a plan for addressing any of Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s remaining due diligence requests. During the call,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Dr. Kapoor reiterated to Mr. Sturm that the Board was anticipating an improved proposal from Fresenius Kabi in order to finalize\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql a definitive transaction. Following this discussion, Dr. Kapoor and Mr. Sturm continued to negotiate the price per Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql common share for a potential transaction.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Later on April 2, 2017, the Company held a meeting of the Board, with representatives of the Company\u8217?s\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql management, J.P. Morgan and Cravath participating. At the meeting, Dr. Kapoor and Mr. Rai updated the Board on the current\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql status of the discussions with Fresenius Kabi, including the ongoing negotiations of the price per Company common share that\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi would be willing to pay, including that Fresenius Kabi had shortly before the Board meeting expressed a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql willingness to pay $34.00 per Company common share. After discussion by the Board and Company management, with advice\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql from J.P. Morgan and Cravath, the Board authorized and directed Dr. Kapoor to attempt to get Fresenius Kabi to agree to a price\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql in excess of $34.00 per Company common share but also concluded that it would be in the best interest of the Company and its\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shareholders to proceed expeditiously with finalizing the definitive documentation for a transaction at a price of $34.00 per\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company common share if Fresenius Kabi was not willing to improve its price further.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Following the meeting of the Board on April 2, 2017, Dr. Kapoor and Mr. Sturm continued to discuss the price per\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company common share for a transaction, and during those discussions, Mr. Sturm conveyed that $34.00 per Company common\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql share was the highest price that Fresenius Kabi was willing to offer for an acquisition of the Company on the terms that had\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql been discussed. Dr. Kapoor and Mr. Sturm agreed to proceed with finalizing definitive documentation on the basis of a $34.00\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql per Company common share price. The closing price of the Company common shares on the NASDAQ Global Market on April\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 3, 2017 was $23.69 per Company common share.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Later on April 3, 2017, Cravath sent a draft voting agreement to be signed by Dr. Kapoor in support of the proposed\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql transaction, which contained customary termination provisions in the event that the merger agreement were terminated.\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql From April 4, 2017 to April 5, 2017, representatives of the Company, Fresenius Kabi and their respective outside advisors,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql including Cravath, J.P. Morgan and A&O, met in person in New York to negotiate the terms of the draft merger agreement and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the draft voting agreement.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Following the meetings on April 4, 2017, A&O sent revised drafts of the merger agreement and voting agreement to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Cravath.\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On April 5, 2017, Cravath sent revised drafts of the merger agreement and voting agreement to A&O.
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Mr. Rai also updated the Board on the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql discussions between Mr. Rai and Dr. Kapoor and their respective counterparts at Fresenius Kabi in which Mr. Sturm and Mr.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Ducker had indicated that $34.00 per Company common share was Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s best and final offer. Mr. Bonaccorsi\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql reviewed the proposed terms of the draft merger agreement and draft voting agreement with the Board, and the Board and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql members of management held a discussion on the proposed terms of the transaction.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On April 10, 2017, Fresenius Kabi distributed the draft merger agreement and draft voting agreement to the Supervisory\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Board of Fresenius Parent and delivered notice of a meeting of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius Parent on April 24, 2017 to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql approve the acquisition of the Company.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql During the two weeks between April 10, 2017 and April 24, 2017, Cravath and A&O continued to exchange revised drafts\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of the merger agreement and the voting agreement and worked to finalize any remaining outstanding issues.\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Between April 19, 2017 and April 21, 2017, the Company also hosted senior executives of Fresenius Kabi on site visits at\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company\u8217?s manufacturing facilities.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On April 10, 2017, representatives of Company F contacted Mr. Rai to inquire whether Company F could participate in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql some way in a potential strategic transaction involving the Company and inquire as to the status of discussions between the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company and Fresenius Kabi. Later that week, a representative of J.P. Morgan contacted a representative of Company F to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql evaluate whether Company F would be interested in submitting a proposal to acquire the Company but did not discuss the status\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of discussions between the Company and Fresenius Kabi. Company F did not indicate an interest in submitting a proposal to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql acquire the Company and did not make any further contact with the Company or J.P. Morgan relating to a potential transaction.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On April 14, 2017, the Company held a meeting of the Board, with representatives of the Company\u8217?s management,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql J.P. Morgan and Cravath participating. At the meeting, Mr. Rai updated the Board on the status of the discussions with Fresenius\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Kabi, including the ongoing site visits and the timing for approval of the transaction by the Supervisory Board of Fresenius\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Parent. Representatives of Cravath reviewed the directors\u8217? fiduciary duties and other legal matters in connection with the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Board\u8217?s consideration of the proposed merger agreement and reviewed with the Board the terms of the proposed merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement and the proposed voting agreement with Dr. Kapoor. Representatives of J.P. Morgan reviewed the history of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql discussions over the past nine months with a broad range of strategic companies and financial sponsors about a potential\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql transaction involving the Company and discussed with the Board its preliminary financial analyses of the Company\u8217?s\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql standalone valuation and the proposed transaction with Fresenius Kabi. After discussion, the Board concluded that it would be in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the best interest of the Company and its shareholders to proceed with finalizing the acquisition of the Company by Fresenius\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Kabi. The Board also reviewed updated disclosure provided by J.P. Morgan regarding relationships between J.P. Morgan and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql each of the Company and Fresenius Kabi and determined that, based on the information provided by J.P. Morgan, those\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql relationships would not impair the advice J.P. Morgan would provide to the Board or its independence.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On April 14, 2017, Dr. Kapoor informed the Company that the number of Company common shares subject to the voting\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement he was prepared to sign with Fresenius Kabi would need to be reduced in order for him to transfer certain Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql common shares to a charitable trust. Following discussions between the Company and Fresenius Kabi, Fresenius Kabi agreed to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql reduce the number of Company common shares subject to the voting agreement with Dr. Kapoor and in exchange have Mr. Rai,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Mr. Bonaccorsi and Mr. Bruce Kutinsky, Chief Operating Officer of the Company, enter into voting agreements on substantially\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the same terms as the draft voting agreement for Dr. Kapoor.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On April 21, 2017, Mr. Rai, Mr. Ducker, Mr. Sturm and other members of management of the Company and Fresenius\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Kabi met in person to discuss the Company\u8217?s preliminary financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2017.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On April 24, 2017, the Supervisory Board of Fresenius Parent met to review and approve the proposed acquisition of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company.
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Parent\u8217?s and Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s track record in successfully acquiring other companies,\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Parent\u8217?s market capitalization and consolidated financial strength, the absence of a financing\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql condition in the merger agreement, the fact that Fresenius Parent and Fresenius Kabi have the financial capacity to\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql consummate the merger and the Company\u8217?s ability to seek specific performance to prevent breaches of the\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql merger agreement and to enforce specifically the terms of the merger agreement;\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Board\u8217?s belief that the end date for completing the merger under the merger agreement on which\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql either party, subject to certain exceptions, can terminate the merger agreement allows for sufficient time to\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql consummate the merger and consummate the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement;\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the likelihood and anticipated timing of consummating the merger in light of the scope of the conditions to\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql closing; and\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the fact that the merger is not conditioned upon any member of the Company\u8217?s management or Board\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql entering into any employment, equity contribution or other agreement or arrangement with the Company or\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi, and that no such agreement or arrangement existed as of the date of the merger agreement;\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Board\u8217?s ability, under certain circumstances, to withhold or withdraw the Board\u8217?s recommendation\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to the holders of Company common shares that they vote in favor of approval of the merger agreement;\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the belief that the terms of the merger agreement, taken as a whole, including the parties\u8217? representations,\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql warranties and covenants, and the conditions to the parties\u8217? respective obligations, are reasonable;\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the risk that pursuing other potential alternatives, including continuing to operate on a standalone basis, could have\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql resulted in the loss of an opportunity to consummate a transaction with Fresenius Kabi.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the possibility that the merger might not be consummated in a timely manner or at all due to a failure of certain\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql conditions, including with respect to the required approval of the transaction by antitrust regulatory authorities;\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the risks and costs to the Company if the merger does not close in a timely manner or at all, including the potential\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql negative impact on the Company\u8217?s ability to retain key employees, the diversion of management and\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql employee attention and the potential disruptive effect on the Company\u8217?s day-to-day operations and the\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s relationships with customers, suppliers and other third parties;\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the fact that the holders of Company common shares will have no ongoing equity interest in the surviving\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql corporation following the merger, meaning that the holders of Company common shares will not (by virtue of their\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql holding Company common shares) participate in Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s or the Company\u8217?s future earnings or\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql growth;\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the fact that an all-cash transaction would be taxable to the holders of Company common shares that are U.S.\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql holders for U.S. federal income tax purposes.\cell{
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The Board collectively reached the conclusion to adopt the merger agreement and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql recommend that the holders of Company common shares vote their Company common shares to approve the merger agreement,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql in light of the various factors described above and other factors that the members of the Board believed were appropriate. In\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql view of the wide variety of factors considered by the Board in connection with its evaluation of the merger and the complexity\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of these matters, the Board did not consider it practical, and did not attempt, to quantify, rank or otherwise assign relative\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql weights to the specific factors it considered in reaching its decision and did not undertake to make any specific determination as\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to whether any particular factor, or any aspect of any particular factor, was favorable or unfavorable to the ultimate determination\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of the Board. Rather, the Board made its recommendation based on the totality of the information available to the Board,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql including discussions with, and questioning of, the Company\u8217?s management and its financial and legal advisors. In\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql considering the factors discussed above, individual members of the Board may have given different weights to different factors.\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql This explanation of the Board\u8217?s reasons for recommending the approval of the merger agreement and other\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql information presented in this section is forward-looking in nature and, therefore, should be read in light of the factors described\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql in the section of this proxy statement entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql beginning on page 16.\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra029_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra029_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Opinion of the Company\u8217?s Financial Advisor\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Pursuant to an engagement letter dated December 1, 2016 and effective as of August 29, 2016, the Company retained J.P.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Morgan as its financial advisor in connection with the proposed merger.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql At the meeting of the Board on April 24, 2017, J.P. Morgan rendered its oral opinion to the Board that, as of such date and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql based upon and subject to the factors and assumptions set forth in its opinion, the consideration to be paid to the holders of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company common shares in the proposed merger was fair, from a financial point of view, to such holders. J.P. Morgan\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql confirmed its April 24, 2017 oral opinion by delivering its written opinion to the Board, dated April 24, 2017, that, as of such\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql date, and based upon and subject to the factors and assumptions set forth in its opinion, the consideration to be paid to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql holders of Company common shares in the proposed merger was fair, from a financial point of view, to such holders. The full\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql text of the written opinion of J.P. Morgan dated April 24, 2017, which sets forth the assumptions made, matters considered and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql limits on the review undertaken, is attached as Annex F to this proxy statement and is incorporated herein by reference. The\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql summary of the opinion of J.P. Morgan set forth in this proxy statement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql such opinion. The Company\u8217?s shareholders are urged to read the opinion in its entirety. J.P. Morgan\u8217?s written\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql opinion was addressed to the Board (in its capacity as such) in connection with and for the purposes of its evaluation of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql proposed merger, was directed only to the consideration to be paid in the merger and did not address any other aspect of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql merger. J.P. Morgan expressed no opinion as to the fairness of the consideration to the holders of any class of securities,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql creditors or other constituencies of the Company or as to the underlying decision by the Company to engage in the proposed\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql merger. The issuance of J.P. Morgan\u8217?s opinion was approved by a fairness committee of J.P. Morgan. The summary of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql opinion of J.P. Morgan set forth in this proxy statement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such opinion.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The opinion does not constitute a recommendation to any stockholder of the Company as to how such stockholder should vote\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql with respect to the proposed merger or any other matter.
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Impax Laboratories, Inc.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 10.6\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql x\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 10.5\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql x\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Lannett Company, Inc.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 5.8\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql x\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 6.0\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql x\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Mylan N.V.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 7.3\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql x\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 6.9\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql x\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Perrigo Company plc\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 12.9\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql x\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 12.7\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql x\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Endo International plc\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 3.1\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql x\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 2.9\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql x\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Impax Laboratories, Inc.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 18.0\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql x\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 18.4\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql x\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Lannett Company, Inc.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 6.9\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql x\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 7.3\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql x\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Kremers Urban Pharmaceuticals\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Inc.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Lannett Company, Inc.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qc 9/2/15\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr $\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 1.2\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 9.2\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql x\cell{
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\sb22\sa22\cf1\f51\fs2\ql \~\par\pard\plain\li462\fi-462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql * 2016 Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $36 million based on midpoint of Baxter International Inc. Adjusted EBITDA margin\plain\li462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql guidance (30%-35%) applied to its 2016 sales of $110 million per equity research estimates.\par\pard\plain\li462\fi-462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql ** The acquiror paid $1,261 million for an 86.08% stake. The transaction value reflects extrapolating the consideration for a\plain\li462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 100% stake in the target and assumes payment of $50 million of contingent consideration for Gland Pharma Ltd.\u8217?s\plain\li462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Enoxaparin sales in the U.S. market.\par\pard\plain\li462\fi-462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql *** Reflects equity research estimates.\par\pard\plain\li462\fi-462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql **** Includes $950 million in cash at closing plus additional contingent payments of $50 million.\par\pard\plain\li462\fi-462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Based on the above analysis and other factors that J.P. Morgan considered appropriate, J.P. Morgan then selected an\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql EV/LTM Adjusted EBITDA multiple reference range for the Company of 8.0x to 17.5x. These multiples were then applied to (i)\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company\u8217?s Adjusted EBITDA for calendar year 2016 included in the March 2017 Management Case and (ii) the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s Adjusted EBITDA for calendar year 2016 adjusted to reflect decreases in market share and profitability from\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql sales of Ephedrine products commensurate with the expected reduction of Ephedrine market share and profitability in 2017\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql included in the March 2017 Management Case, yielding implied trading values for the Company\u8217?s common stock of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql approximately (i) $28.25 to $65.50 (rounded to the nearest $0.25) and (ii) $20.50 to $49.25 (rounded to the nearest $0.25),\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql respectively, which J.P. Morgan compared to the value of the merger consideration of $34.00 per share.\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ul\ql Discounted Cash Flow Analysis\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql . J.P. Morgan conducted a discounted cash flow analysis for the purpose of determining the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql fully diluted equity value per Company common share. J.P. Morgan calculated the unlevered free cash flows that the Company is\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql expected to generate from calendar year 2017 through calendar year 2026, as set forth in the March 2017 Management Case. J.P.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Morgan also calculated a range of terminal values for the Company at the end of this period by applying terminal value growth\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql rates ranging from 0.0% to 2.0% to the unlevered free cash flows for the Company during the final year of the ten-year period\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of the March 2017 Management Case, which range of growth rates was chosen by J.P. Morgan based upon, among other things,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Akorn management\u8217?s expected future growth rates for revenue and free cash flows. The unlevered free cash flows and the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql range of terminal values were then discounted by J.P. Morgan to present value as of March 31, 2017 using discount rates ranging\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql from 8.0% to 10.0%, which range of discount rates was derived utilizing the capital asset pricing model to derive the cost of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql equity, and based upon an analysis of the Company\u8217?s weighted average cost of capital and inputs that J.P. Morgan\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql determined were relevant based on publicly available data, taking into account macro-economic assumptions, estimates of risk,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company\u8217?s capital structure and other appropriate factors. This analysis indicated a range of estimated present values\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of the terminal value of the Company from $1,600 million to $3,110 million. The present value of the unlevered free cash flows\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and the range of terminal values were added together and then adjusted by subtracting projected net debt of $529 million as of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql April 21, 2017. This analysis indicated a range of implied equity values for the Company, which J.P. Morgan divided by the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql number of fully-diluted Company common shares outstanding as of April 21, 2017 to derive a range of implied equity values of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql between $25.50 and $38.75 (rounded to the nearest $0.25), which J.P. Morgan compared to the value of the merger consideration\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of $34.00 per share.\par\pard\plain\fi792\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra030_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra030_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Other Information\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ul\ql Historical Trading Range for the Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql . For reference purposes only and not as a component of its fairness analysis,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql J.P. Morgan reviewed the historical trading prices of the Company common shares during the 52-week period prior to April 6,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 2017 (the last day before media reports of a possible transaction involving Akorn and Fresenius Kabi had been first published in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the press), noting that the low and high closing prices during such period ranged from $18.23 per share to $34.23 per share, as\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql compared to the value of the merger consideration of $34.00 per share.\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ul\ql Analyst Price Targets for the Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql . For reference purposes only and not as a component of its fairness analysis, J.P.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Morgan reviewed certain publicly available equity research analyst share price targets for the shares obtained from FactSet\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Research Systems as of April 6, 2017 (the last day before media reports of a possible transaction involving Akorn and Fresenius\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Kabi had been first published in the press), noting that the low and high share price targets ranged from $21.00 per share to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql $40.00 per share, as compared to the value of the merger consideration of $34.00 per Share.\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Miscellaneous\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql . The foregoing summary of certain material financial analyses does not purport to be a complete description\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of the analyses or data presented by J.P. Morgan. The preparation of a fairness opinion is a complex process and is not\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql necessarily susceptible to partial analysis or summary description. J.P. Morgan believes that the foregoing summary and its\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql analyses must be considered as a whole and that selecting portions of the foregoing summary and these analyses, without\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql considering all of its analyses as a whole, could create an incomplete view of the processes underlying the analyses and its\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql opinion. As a result, the ranges of valuations resulting from any particular analysis or combination of analyses described above\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql were merely utilized to create points of reference for analytical purposes and should not be taken to be the view of J.P. Morgan\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql with respect to the actual value of the Company. The order of analyses described does not represent the relative importance or
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql weight given to those analyses by J.P. Morgan. In arriving at its opinion, J.P. Morgan did not attribute any particular weight to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql any analyses or factors considered by it and did not form an opinion as to whether any individual analysis or factor (positive or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql negative), considered in isolation, supported or failed to support its opinion. Rather, J.P. Morgan considered the totality of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql factors and analyses performed in determining its opinion.\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Analyses based upon forecasts of future results are inherently uncertain, as they are subject to numerous factors or events\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql beyond the control of the parties and their advisors. Accordingly, forecasts and analyses used or made by J.P. Morgan are not\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql necessarily indicative of actual future results, which may be significantly more or less favorable than suggested by those analyses.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Moreover, J.P. Morgan\u8217?s analyses are not and do not purport to be appraisals or otherwise reflective of the prices at which\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql businesses actually could be acquired or sold. None of the selected companies reviewed as described in the above summary is\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql identical to the Company, and none of the selected transactions reviewed was identical to the merger. However, the companies\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql selected were chosen because they are publicly traded companies with operations and businesses that, for purposes of J.P.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Morgan\u8217?s analysis, may be considered similar to those of the Company. The transactions selected were similarly chosen\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql because their size, the parties involved and other factors, for purposes of J.P. Morgan\u8217?s analysis, may be considered\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql similar to the merger. The analyses necessarily involve complex considerations and judgments concerning differences in financial\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and operational characteristics of the companies involved and other factors that could affect the companies compared to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company and the transactions compared to the merger.\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql As a part of its investment banking business, J.P. Morgan and its affiliates are continually engaged in the valuation of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql businesses and their securities in connection with mergers and acquisitions, investments for passive and control purposes,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql negotiated underwritings, secondary distributions of listed and unlisted securities, private placements, and valuations for corporate\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and other purposes. J.P. Morgan was selected to advise the Company with respect to the merger on the basis of, among other\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql things, such experience and its qualifications and reputation in connection with such matters and its familiarity with the Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and the industries in which it operates.\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql J.P. Morgan received a fee from the Company of $3 million, paid upon the public announcement of the merger, which will\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql be credited against any Services Fee (as defined below). For services rendered in connection with the merger, the Company has\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreed to pay J.P. Morgan an additional fee equal to 1.0% of the total amount of cash paid to the Company\u8217?s common\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql stockholders plus the principal amount of all indebtedness of the Company outstanding immediately prior to consummation of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql merger minus the amount of all cash and cash equivalents of the Company immediately prior to the consummation of the merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (the \u8220?Services Fee\u8221?), contingent and payable upon the closing of the merger, which in this case amounts to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql approximately $47 million. In addition, the Company has agreed to reimburse J.P. Morgan for its reasonable costs and expenses\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql incurred in connection with its services, including the fees and disbursements of counsel, and will indemnify J.P. Morgan against\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql certain liabilities arising out of J.P. Morgan\u8217?s engagement. During the two years preceding the date of J.P.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Morgan\u8217?s opinion, J.P. Morgan and its affiliates have had commercial or investment banking relationships with the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company, Fresenius Kabi and Fresenius Parent for which J.P. Morgan and such affiliates have received customary compensation.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Such services during such period have included acting as joint lead arranger and bookrunner on Fresenius Parent\u8217?s\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8364?3.7 billion bridge loan closed in January 2017 and joint lead bookrunner on Fresenius Parent\u8217?s \u8364?2.6 billion\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql debt securities offering closed in January 2017. In addition, our commercial banking affiliate is an agent bank and a lender under\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql outstanding credit facilities of the Company, for which it receives customary compensation or other financial benefits. J.P.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Morgan and its affiliates hold, on a proprietary basis, less than 1% of the outstanding common stock of each of the Company and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Parent. During the two years preceding the date of J.P. Morgan\u8217?s opinion, the aggregate fees received by J.P.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Morgan from the Company were less than $2 million and the aggregate fees received by J.P. Morgan from Fresenius Parent were\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql less than $10 million. In the ordinary course of their businesses, J.P. Morgan and its affiliates may actively trade the debt and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql equity securities or financial instruments (including derivatives, bank loans or other obligations) of the Company or the Fresenius\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Parent for their own accounts or for the accounts of customers and, accordingly, they may at any time hold long or short\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql positions in such securities or other financial instruments.\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra031_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra031_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Financial Forecasts\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Other than annual guidance, including the guidance included in the Company\u8217?s earnings release dated March 1, 2017\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and the reaffirmation of such guidance in the Company\u8217?s press release dated April 24, 2017 (the \u8220?2017 earnings\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql guidance\u8221?), with respect to consolidated revenues, select other GAAP line items and certain other performance measures,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql which guidance the Company presents as a range, the Company does not, as a matter of course, publicly disclose forecasts as to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql future performance, earnings or other results due to the unpredictability of the underlying assumptions and estimates. However,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company has included below certain financial forecasts of the Company that, to the extent described below, were furnished\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to the Board, the Company\u8217?s financial advisor and Fresenius Kabi, in connection with the discussions concerning the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql proposed merger.
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql These Financial Forecasts (as defined below) were not prepared with a view toward public disclosure or with a view toward\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql complying with the guidelines established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for preparation and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql presentation of prospective financial data, published guidelines of the SEC regarding forward-looking statements or generally\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql accepted accounting principles in the United States (\u8220?GAAP\u8221?). A summary of this information is presented below.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql While the Financial Forecasts were prepared in good faith, no assurance can be made regarding future events. The estimates\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and assumptions underlying these financial forecasts involve judgments with respect to, among other things, future economic,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql competitive, regulatory and financial market conditions and future business decisions that may not be realized and that are\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive and regulatory uncertainties and contingencies, including, among\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql other things, the inherent uncertainty of the business and economic conditions affecting the industries in which the Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql operates, and the risk and uncertainties described under \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Statements\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are outside the control of the Company and, upon\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql consummation of the merger, will be beyond the control of Fresenius Kabi and the surviving corporation. The Company\u8217?s\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shareholders are urged to review the Company\u8217?s SEC filings for a description of risk factors with respect to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s business. There can be no assurance that the underlying assumptions will prove to be accurate or that the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql projected results will be realized and actual results likely will differ, and may differ materially, from those reflected in the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Financial Forecasts, whether or not the merger is completed. The inclusion in this proxy statement of the Financial Forecasts\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql below should not be regarded as an indication that the Company, Fresenius Kabi, their respective boards of directors or their\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql respective financial advisors considered, or now considers, these forecasts to be a reliable predictor of future results. The\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Financial Forecasts are not fact and should not be relied upon as being necessarily indicative of future results, and readers of this\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql proxy statement are cautioned not to place undue, if any, reliance on this information. The Financial Forecasts assume that the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company would continue to operate as a standalone company and do not reflect any impact of the merger.\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Financial Forecasts include certain non-GAAP financial measures, including EBITDA, EBIT, net operating profits after\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql taxes or NOPAT and unlevered free cash flow (in each case, as defined below). The Company\u8217?s management included\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql forecasts of EBITDA, EBIT and NOPAT in the Financial Forecasts because the Company\u8217?s management believes\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql EBITDA, EBIT and NOPAT provide useful information because they are commonly used by investors to assess financial\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql performance and operating results of ongoing business operations, and because the Company\u8217?s management also believes\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql that EBITDA, EBIT and NOPAT could be useful in evaluating the business, potential operating performance and cash flow of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company. The Company\u8217?s management included forecasts of unlevered free cash flow in the Financial Forecasts\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql because the Company\u8217?s management believes that unlevered free cash flow could be useful in evaluating the future cash\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql flows generated by the Company without including in such calculation any debt servicing costs.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Investors should also note that these non-GAAP financial measures presented in this proxy statement are not prepared under\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles and do not reflect all of the amounts associated with the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP. Investors should also note that these\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql non-GAAP financial measures presented in this proxy statement have no standardized meaning prescribed by GAAP and,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql therefore, have limits in their usefulness to investors. Because of the non-standardized definitions, the non-GAAP financial\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql measures as used by Akorn in this proxy statement and the accompanying footnotes may be calculated differently from, and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql therefore may not be directly comparable to, similarly titled measures used by the Company\u8217?s competitors and other\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql companies, or any similarly titled measures used by Fresenius Parent, which prepares and publishes its financial statements in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards pursuant to Section 315a of the German Commercial Code.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Due to the inherent limitations of non-GAAP financial measures, investors should consider non-GAAP measures only as a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql supplement to, not as a substitute for or as a superior measure to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql GAAP. The footnotes to the tables below provide certain supplemental information with respect to the calculation of these\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql non-GAAP financial measures. All of the financial forecasts summarized in this section were prepared by the Company\u8217?s\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql management. Neither BDO USA, LLP (the Company\u8217?s independent registered public accounting firm) nor any other\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql independent registered public accounting firm has examined, compiled or otherwise performed any procedures with respect to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql prospective financial information contained in these financial forecasts and, accordingly, neither BDO USA, LLP nor any other\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql independent registered public accounting firm has expressed any opinion or given any other form of assurance with respect\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql thereto and no independent registered public accounting firm assumes any responsibility for the prospective financial information.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The BDO USA, LLP reports incorporated by reference in this proxy statement relate to the historical financial information of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company. Those reports do not extend to the financial forecasts and should not be read to do so.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql By including in this proxy statement the Financial Forecasts below, neither the Company nor Fresenius Kabi nor any of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql their respective representatives has made or makes any representation to any person regarding the ultimate performance of the
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company compared to the information contained in the Financial Forecasts. Accordingly, the Financial Forecasts should not be\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql construed as financial guidance, nor relied upon as such, and the Financial Forecasts may differ in important respects from the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 2017 earnings guidance, which are presented as a range and which the Company\u8217?s management prepared based on a more\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql conservative set of assumptions, including with respect to expected results from new product launches. Further, the inclusion of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Financial Forecasts in this proxy statement does not constitute an admission or representation by the Company that this\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql information is material. The Financial Forecasts summarized in this section reflected the estimates and judgments available to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s management at the time they were prepared and have not been updated to reflect any changes since such\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql financial forecasts were prepared. Neither the Company, Fresenius Kabi nor, after completion of the merger, the surviving\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql corporation undertakes any obligation, except as required by law, to update or otherwise revise the Financial Forecasts to reflect\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql circumstances existing since their preparation or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, even in the event that any or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql all of the underlying assumptions are shown to be in error, or to reflect changes in general economic or industry conditions.\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The summary of the Financial Forecasts is not included in this proxy statement to induce any shareholder to vote in favor\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of the approval of the merger agreement or any other proposals to be voted on at the special meeting, but because the Financial\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Forecasts were made available to the Board, the Company\u8217?s financial advisor and certain parties potentially interested in a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql transaction with the Company, including Fresenius Kabi.\par\pard\plain\fi528\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql In the second half of 2016, the Company\u8217?s management prepared certain unaudited prospective financial information\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql for the fiscal years 2017 through 2026 as part of the development of management\u8217?s strategic plan and in connection with\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company\u8217?s review of strategic alternatives (the \u8220?November 2016 Management Case\u8221?). The projections\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql contained in the November 2016 Management Case for the fiscal years 2017 through 2020 were prepared by the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s management based on management\u8217?s reasonable best estimates and assumptions with respect to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s future financial performance. The projections contained in the November 2016 Management Case for fiscal\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql years 2021 through 2026 were prepared by the Company\u8217?s management by applying a growth rate determined based on a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql number of factors to the projected fiscal year 2020 revenue, which growth rate was then decreased year-over-year following\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql fiscal year 2021, and by applying adjustments to EBITDA margin from the projected fiscal year 2020 based on the reasonable\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql judgment of management (collectively, the \u8220?November 2016 Management Case Extrapolations\u8221?).\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The November 2016 Management Case was presented to the Board at its meeting held on December 2, 2016. The\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql November 2016 Management Case, excluding the November 2016 Management Case Extrapolations, was made available to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi in connection with their review of a possible transaction with the Company.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The following table sets forth a summary of the November 2016 Management Case:\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql through 2020 were prepared by the Company\u8217?s management based on the projections contained in the November 2016\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Management Case for the corresponding periods and the updated information, assumptions and estimates described in the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql preceding sentence. The projections contained in the March 2017 Management Case for fiscal years 2021 through 2026 were\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql prepared by the Company\u8217?s management by applying a growth rate determined based on a number of factors to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql projected fiscal year 2020 revenue, which growth rate was then decreased year-over-year following fiscal year 2021, and by\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql applying adjustments to EBITDA margin from the projected fiscal year 2020 based on the reasonable judgment of management\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (collectively, the \u8220?March 2017 Management Case Extrapolations\u8221?). The November 2016 Management Case and the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql March 2017 Management Case are collectively referred to as the \u8220?Financial Forecasts\u8221?. The March 2017\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Management Case was prepared by the Company\u8217?s management in good faith based on the Company\u8217?s\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql management\u8217?s reasonable best estimates and assumptions with respect to the Company\u8217?s future financial\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql performance at the time such forecasts was prepared and speaks only as of that time.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The March 2017 Management Case was prepared by the Company\u8217?s management and was first presented to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Board at its meeting held on March 25, 2017. The March 2017 Management Case was not made available to Fresenius Kabi.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql However, the Company\u8217?s management provided information to Fresenius Kabi as to how certain assumptions and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql estimates underlying the November 2016 Management Case would change to reflect the information about recent developments\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql that was used to prepare the March 2017 Management Case.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The November 2016 Management Case made available to the Board was not relied upon by the Board in reaching its\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql determination on April 24, 2017 to adopt the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby and to recommend that\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company\u8217?s shareholders vote to approve the merger agreement, and the March 2017 Management Cast was the only\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql forecast approved by the Company for use by J.P. Morgan in connection with rendering its oral opinion delivered to the Board,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql which was subsequently confirmed by delivery of a written opinion dated as of April 24, 2017, and performing its financial\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql analysis in connection therewith.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The following table sets forth a summary of the March 2017 Management Case:\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Company may make one or more acquisition during the periods covered by the November 2016 Management\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Case and the March 2017 Management Case, any of which would likely have a significant impact on the\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s merger-related costs and purchase price accounting. Recent acquisitions by the Company have\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql ranged from $28.5 million to approximately $650 million. The Company does not have a reasonable basis to predict\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the timing, value or nature of any future potential acquisitions which could have a probable material impact on these\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql reconciling items;\cell{
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{\trowd\cellx420\cellx1084\cellx10800\trrh1980\row}}}\pard\plain\li990\fi-506\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra032_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra032_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Certain Effects of the Merger\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql If the proposal to approve the merger agreement receives the affirmative vote of shareholders holding at least a majority of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the issued and outstanding Company common shares and the other conditions to the closing of the merger are either satisfied or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (if permissible under applicable law) waived, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company upon the terms set forth in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the merger agreement. As the surviving corporation in the merger, the Company will continue to exist following the merger as a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql subsidiary of Fresenius Kabi.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Following the merger, all of the Company common shares will be beneficially owned by Fresenius Kabi, and none of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql current holders of Company common shares will, by virtue of the merger, have any ownership interest in, or be a shareholder of,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company, the surviving corporation or Fresenius Kabi or Fresenius Parent after the consummation of the merger. As a result,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the current holders of Company common shares will no longer benefit from any increase in the value, nor will they bear the risk\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of any decrease in the value, of Company common shares. Following the merger, Fresenius Kabi will benefit from any increase\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql in the Company\u8217?s value and also will bear the risk of any decrease in the Company\u8217?s value.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Upon the consummation of the merger, each Company common share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql effective time of the merger (other than Company common shares owned by the Company as treasury shares or owned by\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi or Merger Sub and other than Company common shares owned by wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi (other than Merger Sub) that Fresenius Kabi has elected to be canceled) will be canceled and converted into the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql right to receive $34.00 in cash, without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Please see the sections of this proxy statement entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger Agreement-Consideration to be Received in the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221? and \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger Agreement-Cancellation of Shares\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221? beginning on page 61.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql For information regarding the effects of the merger on the Company\u8217?s outstanding equity awards, please see the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql section below entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql -Interests of the Company\u8217?s Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql beginning on page 51 and the section of this proxy statement entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger Agreement-Treatment of Equity and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Equity-Based Awards\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221? beginning on page 61.
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Company common shares are currently registered under the Exchange Act and trades on the NASDAQ under the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql symbol \u8220?AKRX\u8221?. Following the consummation of the merger, Company common shares will no longer be traded on\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the NASDAQ or any other public market. In addition, the registration of Company common shares under the Exchange Act will\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql be terminated and the Company will no longer be required to file periodic and other reports with the SEC with respect to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company common shares. Termination of registration of the Company common shares under the Exchange Act will reduce the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql information required to be furnished by the Company to the Company\u8217?s shareholders and the SEC.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra033_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra033_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Effects on the Company if the Merger Is Not Completed\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql In the event that the proposal to approve the merger agreement does not receive the required approval from the holders of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company common shares, or if the merger is not completed for any other reason, the holders of Company common shares will\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql not receive any payment for their Company common shares in connection with the merger. Instead, the Company will remain an\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql independent public company, the Company common shares will continue to be listed and traded on the NASDAQ, the Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql common shares will continue to be registered under the Exchange Act and the Company\u8217?s shareholders will continue to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql own their Company common shares and will continue to be subject to the same general risks and opportunities as they currently\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql are with respect to ownership of Company common shares.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql If the merger is not completed, there is no assurance as to the effect of these risks and opportunities on the future value of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql your Company common shares, including the risk that the market price of Company common shares may decline to the extent\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql that the current market price of the Company common shares reflect a market assumption that the merger will be completed. If\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the merger is not completed, there is no assurance that any other transaction acceptable to the Company will be offered or that\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the business, operations, financial condition, earnings or prospects of the Company will not be adversely impacted. Pursuant to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the merger agreement, under certain circumstances the Company is permitted to terminate the merger agreement in order to enter\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql into an alternative transaction. Please see the section of this proxy statement entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Agreement-Termination\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221? beginning on page 73.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Under certain circumstances, if the merger is not completed, the Company may be obligated to pay to Fresenius Kabi a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql termination fee. Please see the section of this proxy statement entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger Agreement-Termination Fee\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql beginning on page 74.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra034_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra034_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Financing of the Merger\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The merger agreement does not contain any financing-related closing condition and Fresenius Kabi has represented that it\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql will have sufficient funds at closing to fund the payment of the merger consideration and any other payments required in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql connection with the consummation of the merger. Fresenius Kabi has informed the Company that it expects that funds needed by\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi and Merger Sub in connection with the merger will be derived from a broad mix of Euro and U.S. dollar\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql denominated debt instruments.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra035_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra035_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql No Appraisal Rights\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Appraisal rights are statutory rights that, if applicable under law, enable a shareholder of a Louisiana corporation to avoid\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the effects of a proposed corporate action, such as the merger, by selling the shareholder\u8217?s shares to the corporation at\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql their fair value, paid in cash. Under the LBCA, however, a shareholder of a Louisiana corporation does not have appraisal rights\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql in connection with a merger or other extraordinary transaction if the corporation\u8217?s outstanding shares are a \u8220?covered\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql security\u8221? under Section 18(b)(1)(A) or (B) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. A \u8220?covered security\u8221?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql includes, among other things, a security listed on the NASDAQ. Company common shares are currently listed on the NASDAQ.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Accordingly, shareholders of the Company are not entitled to appraisal rights in connection with the merger.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra036_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra036_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Litigation Related to the Merger\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On May 2, 2017, a purported shareholder of the Company filed a complaint in a putative class and derivative action in the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, County Department, Chancery Division, captioned\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Robert J. Shannon, Jr. v. Fresenius\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Kabi AG, et al.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql , Case No. 2017-CH-06322. On May 16, 2017, a purported shareholder of the Company filed a complaint in a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql putative class and derivative action in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, County Department, Chancery Division,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql captioned\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Daniel Ochoa v. John N. Kapoor, et al.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql , Case No. 2017-CH-06928. The Shannon Action and the Ochoa Action\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql allege, among other things, that in pursuing the merger, the directors of the Company breached their fiduciary duties to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company and its shareholders by, among other things, agreeing to enter into the merger agreement for an allegedly unfair price\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and as the result of an allegedly deficient process. The Shannon Action and the Ochoa Action also allege that Fresenius Kabi,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Parent and Merger Sub aided and abetted the other defendants\u8217? alleged breaches of their fiduciary duties. The\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Shannon Action and the Ochoa Action seek, among other things, to enjoin the transactions contemplated by the merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement or, in the alternative, to recover monetary damages.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On June 2, 2017, a purported shareholder of the Company filed a complaint in a putative class action in the United States\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, captioned\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Robert Berg v. Akorn, Inc., et al.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql , Case No. 3:17-cv-00350. On\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql June 7, 2017, a purported shareholder of the Company filed a complaint in a putative class action in the United States District\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, captioned\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Jorge Alcarez v. Akorn, Inc., et al.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql , Case No. 3:17-cv-00359. The Berg\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Action and the Alcarez Action allege that the Company\u8217?s preliminary proxy statement, filed with the SEC on May 22,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 2017, omits material information with respect to the merger, rendering it false and misleading and thus that the Company, the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql directors of the Company and the CEO of the Company violated Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act as well as SEC Rule 14a-9.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Berg Action further alleges that Fresenius Kabi, the directors of the Company and the CEO of the Company violated Section\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 20(a) of the Exchange Act. Similarly, the Alcarez Action also alleges that the directors of the Company and the CEO of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company violated Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act. The Berg Action and Alcarez Action seek, among other things, an order\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql requiring the dissemination of a proxy statement that does not contain allegedly untrue statements of material fact and that states\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql all material facts allegedly required or necessary to make the proxy statement not misleading; an order enjoining the transactions\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql contemplated by the merger agreement; an award of rescissory damages should the merger be consummated; and an award of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql attorneys\u8217? fees and expenses.
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql On June 12, 2017, a purported shareholder of the Company filed a complaint in a putative class action in the United States\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, captioned\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Shaun A. House v. Akorn, Inc., et al.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql , Case No. 3:17-cv-00367. On\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql June 13, 2017, a purported shareholder of the Company filed a complaint in a putative class action in the United States District\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Court for the Northern District of Illinois, captioned\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Robert Carlyle v. Akorn, Inc., et al.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql , Case No. 1:17-cv-04455. On June 14,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 2017, a purported shareholder of the Company filed a complaint in a putative class action in the United States District Court for\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Middle District of Louisiana, captioned\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Sean Harris v. Akorn, Inc. et at.,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Case No. 3:17-cv-00373. The House Action, the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Carlyle Action and the Harris Action allege that the Company\u8217?s preliminary proxy statement, filed with the SEC on May\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 22, 2017, omits material information with respect to the merger, rendering it false and misleading and thus that the Company and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the directors of the Company violated Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act as well as SEC Rule 14a-9. The House Action, the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Carlyle Action and the Harris Action further allege that the directors of the Company violated Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The House Action and the Harris Action seek, among other things, to enjoin the transactions contemplated by the merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement unless the Company discloses the allegedly material information that was allegedly omitted from the proxy statement,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql an award of damages and an award of attorneys\u8217? fees and expenses. The Carlyle Action seeks, among other things, to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql enjoin the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement unless the Company adopts and implements a procedure or process\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to obtain certain unspecified terms for shareholders and discloses the allegedly material information that was allegedly omitted\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql from the proxy statement, rescission, to the extent already implemented, of the transactions contemplated by the merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement or of the terms thereof, an award of damages and an award of attorneys\u8217? fees and expenses.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Company believes that the Shannon Action, the Ochoa Action, the Berg Action, the Alcarez Action, the House Action,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Carlyle Action and the Harris Action are without merit and intends to vigorously defend them.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra037_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra037_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Interests of the Company\u8217?s Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Company\u8217?s directors and executive officers have financial interests in the merger that may be different from, or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql in addition to, the interests of the Company\u8217?s shareholders generally. The members of the Board were aware of and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql considered these interests in reaching the determination to adopt the merger agreement and recommend that the holders of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company common shares vote their Company common shares to approve the merger agreement.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Treatment of Equity and Equity-Based Awards\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql As described further in the section entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger Agreement-Treatment of Equity and Equity-Based\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Awards\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221? beginning on page 61, each outstanding Company stock option and each Company RSU granted prior to the date\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of the merger agreement will be cashed out upon the effective time of the merger, and each outstanding Company RSU granted\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql following the date of the merger agreement will be converted at the effective time of the merger into an unvested award\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql representing the opportunity to receive a fixed cash amount, payable in installments in accordance with the Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql RSU\u8217?s original vesting schedule.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Any such converted awards held by the Company\u8217?s executive officers will vest and be paid on an accelerated basis\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql in the event the executive officer\u8217?s employment is terminated by the Company without cause or by the executive officer\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql with \u8220?good reason\u8221? within the ninety-day period prior to, or the twelve-month period following, the completion of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the merger. For these purposes, \u8220?good reason\u8221? generally means (a) a material and adverse change in the executive\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql officer\u8217?s status or responsibilities, the assignment to the executive officer of any duties or responsibilities which are\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql materially inconsistent with the executive officer\u8217?s status or responsibilities, or any action by the Company that results in a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql material diminution in the executive officer\u8217?s position, authority, duties or responsibilities (in each case without sole regard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to any change in title or the Company\u8217?s status as a public or private entity); (b) a reduction in the executive\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql officer\u8217?s base salary (except to the extent such reduction is not due to a change in control and is part of a comprehensive\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql reduction in salary applicable to employees of the Company generally and is comparable to the reduction applied to employees of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company at the same career level as the executive officer); (c) the Company requiring the executive officer to be based at\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql any place outside a 50-mile radius from the executive officer\u8217?s job location or residence without the executive\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql officer\u8217?s written consent, except for travel that is reasonably necessary in connection with the Company\u8217?s business;\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (d) the insolvency or the filing of a petition for bankruptcy of the Company that is not dismissed within 60 days; and (e) the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql failure of the Company to obtain an agreement, satisfactory to the executive officer, from any successor entities to assume the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql award agreement.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The following table sets forth the number of Company stock options and Company RSUs held by each of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s directors and executive officers as of June 9 , 2017, the latest practicable date to determine such amounts\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql before the filing of this proxy statement, and the cash amounts payable (on a pre-tax basis) in respect thereof. The amounts\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql reflected in the table below exclude any grants that may be made following June 9 , 2017 and any Company stock options and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company RSUs that are vested or are expected to vest in accordance with their terms prior to December 31, 2017 (the assumed\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql date of the completion of the merger solely for purposes of this transaction-related compensation disclosure). In addition,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql depending on when the merger occurs, certain equity awards that are included in the table below may be forfeited pursuant to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql their terms, without regard to the merger. Company stock options are valued based on the difference between the per share\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql exercise price of such Company stock option and the merger consideration of $34.00 per share. As a result, any Company stock\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql option included in the table below that has an exercise price that is greater than or equal to the merger consideration does not\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql have any value for purposes of the table below. Company RSUs are valued based on the merger consideration of $34.00 per\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql share. Payments in respect of the Company RSUs granted following the date of the merger agreement are\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?double-trigger\u8221? in that they will be paid only if the holder experiences a qualifying termination of employment\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql prior to or following the effective time of the merger, or if the awards otherwise vest in accordance with their terms.
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\pard\plain\intbl\li220\fi-220\cf1\f51\fs20\ql John N. Kapoor, Ph.D.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 5,800\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr $26,100\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 2,330\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr $79,220\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 8,088\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr $274,992\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr $380,312\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\li220\fi-220\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Kenneth S. Abramowitz\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 5,800\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr $26,100\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 2,330\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr $79,220\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 8,088\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr $274,992\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr $380,312\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\li220\fi-220\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Adrienne L. Graves,\plain\intbl\li220\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Ph.D.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 5,800\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr $26,100\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 2,330\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr $79,220\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 8,088\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr $274,992\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr $380,312\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\li220\fi-220\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Bruce Kutinsky. Pharm.\plain\intbl\li220\cf1\f51\fs20\ql D.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 97,928\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr $633,986\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 10,821\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr $367,914\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 44,382\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr $1,508,988\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr $2,510,888\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell{
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For purposes of the employment agreements and the CIC Severance\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Program, \u8220?Good Reason\u8221? has the meaning as described above in the section entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Interests of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Company\u8217?s Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger - Treatment of Equity and Equity-Based Awards\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?.\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql In the event of a qualifying termination, Messrs Rai, Portwood, Bonaccorsi and Kutinsky would be entitled to receive: (a) a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql lump-sum payment equal to the product of three times (in the case of Mr. Rai) or two times (in the case of Messrs. Portwood,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Bonaccorsi and Kutinsky) the sum of the executive\u8217?s base salary and total eligible bonus amount; and (b) continued health\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and welfare benefits for three years (in the case of Mr. Rai) or two years (in the case of Messrs. Portwood, Bonaccorsi and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Kutinsky). In the event of a qualifying termination, Messrs. Lichter, Pollard and Kafer would be entitled to receive a lump-sum\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql payment equal to one times the executive\u8217?s base salary and continued health and welfare benefits for one year. Receipt of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the above-described payments and benefits is conditioned upon the applicable executive officer executing a release of claims in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql favor of the Company. The estimated aggregate value of the severance payments and benefits the Company\u8217?s executive\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql officers would receive in the event of a qualifying termination prior to or following the completion of the merger is $12,539,798.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The foregoing estimate is based on compensation and benefit levels in effect as of June 9 , 2017. The employment agreements\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql with Messrs. Rai, Portwood, Bonaccorsi and Kutinsky also provide for payment of a pro-rata portion of the executive\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql officer\u8217?s total eligible bonus amount for the year in which such termination occurs. The CIC Severance Program will be\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql amended prior to the completion of the merger to provide for a similar pro-rata bonus payment. The executive officer\u8217?s\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql outstanding unvested equity awards would be treated as described above in the section entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Interests of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Company\u8217?s Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger - Treatment of Equity and Equity-Based Awards\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The employment agreements provide that in the event that any payment or benefit payable to each of Messrs Rai, Portwood,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Bonaccorsi and Kutinsky in connection with his separation with the Company would constitute a parachute payment within the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql meaning of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, which we refer to as the \u8220?Code\u8221?,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql then the payments will be reduced to the largest amount which would result in no portion of the payments being subject to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql excise tax. Neither the employment agreements nor the CIC Severance Program provide for a gross-up in the event the executive\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql officer is subject to the \u8220?golden parachute\u8221? excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql New Management Arrangements\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql As of the date of this proxy statement, there are no employment, equity contribution or other agreements, arrangements or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql understandings between any of the Company\u8217?s directors or executive officers, on the one hand, and Fresenius Kabi, on the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql other hand, and the merger is not conditioned upon any of the Company\u8217?s directors or executive officers entering into any\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql such agreement, arrangement or understanding.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi and the Company have agreed that the Company may grant cash retention bonuses, not to exceed $8.0\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql million in the aggregate, to the Company\u8217?s employees, including the Company\u8217?s executive officers. As of the date\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of this proxy statement, Messrs. Kafer, Lichter and Pollard have received retention awards providing for aggregate payments of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql $500,000, $335,000 and $250,000, respectively, in each case payable in two equal installments as soon as practicable following\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the closing of the merger and the ninety-day anniversary thereof, subject to the executive officer\u8217?s continued employment.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The retention awards would vest and become payable on an accelerated basis in the event of a termination without cause. In\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql addition, the retention awards would vest (but would continue to be paid according to their normal payment schedule) in the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql event of a resignation for \u8220?Good Reason\u8221? (as described above in the section entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Interests of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Company\u8217?s Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger-Treatment of Equity and Equity-Based Awards\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?) more\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql than forty-five days following the closing of the merger. No determinations have been made as to whether any other executive\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql officer will receive an award, the payment and other terms of any such potential awards or the amounts of any such potential\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql awards to any particular individual.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Continuing Employee Benefits\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The merger agreement provides that for a period of not less than one year following the effective time, Fresenius Kabi will,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and will cause the surviving corporation to, provide each individual who was an employee of the Company or any of its\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql subsidiaries immediately prior to the effective time of the merger, which we refer to as a \u8220?continuing employee\u8221?,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql with (a) a base salary that is no less favorable than such continuing employee\u8217?s base salary as in effect immediately prior\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to the effective time of the merger, (b) severance benefits that are no less favorable than those that would have been provided to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql such continuing employee under the Company\u8217?s severance benefit plans, programs, policies, agreements and arrangements\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and (c) employee benefit plans and arrangements (other than base salary, bonus, commissions, annual incentives and severance\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql benefits) that are substantially comparable in the aggregate to those provided to such continuing employee immediately prior to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the effective time of the merger.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql In addition, on or as soon as practicable after the effective time, the surviving corporation will, or will cause its subsidiaries\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to, pay each continuing employee an amount in respect of such continuing employee\u8217?s annual bonus, commission or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql incentive plan award for the plan year in which the closing occurs, prorated to reflect the number of days elapsed from the
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In addition, each such\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql continuing employee will be eligible to receive one or more additional payments, which we refer to as the \u8220?bonus true-up\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql payments\u8221?, in an aggregate amount equal to the shortfall, if any, between (a) the aggregate amount of the annual bonus,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql commission or incentive plan award or awards he or she actually receives or is owed under the annual bonus, commission or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql incentive plans of Fresenius Kabi or its subsidiaries with respect to the period from the effective time of the merger through\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql December 31, 2018 (including the period from the effective time through December 31, 2017, if the effective time occurs during\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 2017) and (b) the annual bonus, commission or incentive plan award or awards he or she would have received for such period or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql periods based on his or her target annual bonus, commission or incentive plan opportunity and base salary as in effect as of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql immediately prior to the effective time of the merger. The bonus true-up payments will be paid in installments as soon as\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql practicable following December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2018, in each case subject to the continuing employee\u8217?s\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql continued employment through the payment date.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Director and Officer Indemnification\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, members of the Board and executive officers of the Company will be\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql entitled to certain ongoing indemnification and coverage under directors\u8217? and officers\u8217? liability insurance policies\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql following the merger. For a more detailed description of the provisions of the merger agreement relating to director and officer\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql indemnification, please see the section of this proxy statement entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger Agreement-Indemnification\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql beginning on page 71.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Quantification of Payments and Benefits\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql In accordance with Item 402(t) of Regulation S-K, the table below sets forth for each of the Company\u8217?s named\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql executive officers estimates of the amounts of compensation that are based on or otherwise relate to the merger and that will or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql may become payable to the named executive officer either immediately at the effective time (\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql i.e.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql , on a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?single-trigger\u8221? basis) or in the event of a qualifying termination of employment prior to or following the merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql i.e.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql , on a \u8220?double-trigger\u8221? basis). The holders of Company common shares are being asked to approve, on a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql non-binding, advisory basis, such compensation for these named executive officers. Because the vote to approve such\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql compensation is advisory only, it will not be binding on either the Company, the Board or Fresenius Kabi. Accordingly, if the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql proposal to approve the merger agreement is approved by the holders of Company common shares and the merger is completed,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the compensation will be payable regardless of the outcome of the vote to approve such compensation, subject only to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql conditions applicable thereto, which are described in the footnotes to the tables below and above under \u8220?-\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Interests of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Company\u8217?s Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The potential payments in the tables below are quantified in accordance with Item 402(t) of Regulation S-K. The estimated\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql values are based on (a) an assumption that the merger is completed on December 31, 2017, (b) per share merger consideration of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql $34.00, (c) the named executive officers\u8217? salary and total eligible bonus levels as in effect as of the date of this proxy\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql statement, (d) the number of unvested Company stock options and Company RSUs held by the named executive officers as of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql June 9 , 2017, the latest practicable date to determine such amounts before the filing of this proxy statement, and excluding any\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql additional grants that may occur following such date and any Company stock options and Company RSUs that are vested or are\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql expected to vest in accordance with their terms prior to December 31, 2017, and (e) an assumption that each named executive\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql officer\u8217?s employment is terminated by the Company without \u8220?cause\u8221? or by the named executive officer for\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?good reason\u8221? immediately following the completion of the merger. Depending on when the merger occurs, certain\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql equity awards that are included in the tables below may be forfeited pursuant to their terms, without regard to the merger. In\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql addition, the amounts indicated below are estimates based on multiple assumptions that may or may not actually occur, including\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql assumptions described in this proxy statement, and do not reflect certain compensation actions that may occur before completion\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of the merger. As a result, the actual amounts, if any, to be received by a named executive officer may materially differ from the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql amounts set forth below.
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (3)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The estimated amounts shown in this column represent continued health and welfare benefits for three years, in the case of\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Mr. Rai, two years, in the case of Messrs. Portwood, Bonaccorsi and Kutinsky and one year, in the case of Messrs. Kafer\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and Lichter. These are \u8220?double-trigger\u8221? benefits in that they will be paid to the named executive officer only\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql if the named executive officer experiences a qualifying termination of employment prior to or following the effective time of\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the merger.\cell{
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Any such\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql changes could affect the accuracy of the statements and conclusions set forth herein.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql This discussion assumes that holders of Company common shares hold their shares as capital assets within the meaning of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Section 1221 of the Code (generally, property held for investment). This discussion does not address all aspects of U.S. federal\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql income taxation that may be relevant to a holder of Company common shares in light of such holder\u8217?s particular\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql circumstances, nor does it discuss the special considerations applicable to holders of Company common shares subject to special\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql treatment under the U.S. federal income tax laws, such as, for example, financial institutions or broker-dealers, mutual funds,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql partnerships or other pass-through entities and their partners or members, tax-exempt organizations, retirement or other\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql tax-deferred accounts, insurance companies, dealers in securities or non-U.S. currencies, traders in securities who elect\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql mark-to-market method of accounting, controlled foreign corporations, passive foreign investment companies, U.S. expatriates,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql holders who acquired their Company common shares through the exercise of Company stock options or otherwise as\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql compensation, holders subject to the alternative minimum tax, holders who hold their Company common shares as part of a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql hedge, straddle, constructive sale or conversion transaction, U.S. holders (as defined below) whose functional currency is not the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql U.S. dollar, and holders who own or have owned (directly, indirectly or constructively) 5% or more of the Company\u8217?s\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shares (by vote or value). In addition, this discussion does not address any tax consequences arising under the laws of any state,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql local or non-U.S. jurisdiction or U.S. federal non-income tax consequences (\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql e.g.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql , the federal estate or gift tax or the application\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of the Medicare tax on net investment income under Section 1411 of the Code).\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql If an entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes holds Company common shares,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the tax treatment of a partner in such partnership generally will depend on the status of the partner and activities of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql partnership. If you are a partner of a partnership holding Company common shares, you should consult your own tax advisor.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql We intend this discussion to provide only a general summary of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql merger to holders of Company common shares. We do not intend it to be a complete analysis or description of all potential U.S.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql federal income tax consequences of the merger. The U.S. federal income tax laws are complex and subject to varying\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql interpretation. 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Backup\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql withholding is not an additional tax and any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be refunded or credited\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql against a non-U.S. holder\u8217?s U.S. federal income tax liability, if any;\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql provided\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql that such non-U.S. holder furnishes the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql required information to the Internal Revenue Service in a timely manner.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra039_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra039_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Dividends\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Company has not declared or paid any cash dividends on Company common shares since 1991. Under the terms of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql merger agreement, the Company is prohibited from declaring, setting a record date for, setting aside for payment or paying any\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql dividends on, or making any other distributions in respect of, its capital stock, other than intercompany dividends and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql distributions.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra040_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra040_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Regulatory Approvals Required for the Merger\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Under the HSR Act, and the related rules and regulations issued by the Federal Trade Commission (the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?FTC\u8221?), certain transactions, including the merger, may not be consummated until notification and report forms\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql have been filed by each of the Company and Fresenius Kabi with the FTC and the Antitrust Division of the Department of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Justice (the \u8220?DOJ\u8221?) and the applicable waiting periods have expired or terminated. The Company and Fresenius\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Kabi filed their respective notification and report forms under the HSR Act with the DOJ and the FTC on May 8, 2017.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi and the Company received a request for additional information (a \u8220?second request\u8221?) under the HSR\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Act from the FTC relating to the merger on June 7, 2017, extending the HSR Act waiting period until the parties have\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql substantially complied with the second request, unless the period is extended voluntarily by the parties or terminated sooner by\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the FTC.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql At any time before or after the effective time of the merger, the DOJ, the FTC, the U.S. state attorneys general or certain\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql foreign governmental authorities could take action under applicable antitrust laws, including seeking to enjoin the consummation\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of the merger, conditionally approving the merger upon the divestiture of assets of the Company or Fresenius Kabi, subjecting\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the consummation of the merger to regulatory conditions or seeking other remedies. Private parties may also seek to take legal\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql action under the antitrust laws under certain circumstances.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Under the merger agreement, the respective obligations of the Company, Fresenius Kabi and Merger Sub to effect the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql merger are subject to, among other things, the expiration or early termination of the waiting period (and any extension thereof)\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql applicable to the merger under the HSR Act. For a description of Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s and the Company\u8217?s respective\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql obligations under the merger agreement with respect to regulatory approvals, please see the section of this proxy statement\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql The Merger Agreement-Reasonable Best Efforts and Certain Pre-Closing Obligations\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221? beginning on page\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 69.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql We currently expect to obtain HSR Act clearance by early 2018; however, we cannot guarantee when HSR Act clearance\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql will be obtained or that it will be obtained at all.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra041_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra041_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Delisting and Deregistration of the Company Common Shares\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql If the merger is completed, the Company common shares will be delisted from the NASDAQ and deregistered under the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Exchange Act, and Company common shares will no longer be publicly traded.
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You should also review the section\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Where You Can Find Additional Information\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221? beginning on page 82.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The merger agreement has been included for your convenience to provide you with information regarding its terms, and we\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql recommend that you read it in its entirety. The merger agreement is a contractual document that establishes and governs the legal\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql relations between the Company, Fresenius Kabi and Fresenius Parent, and allocates risks between the parties, with respect to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql merger.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The representations and warranties of the Company contained in the merger agreement have been made solely for the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql benefit of Fresenius Kabi and Merger Sub, and the representations and warranties of Fresenius Kabi and Merger Sub have been\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql made solely for the benefit of the Company. In addition, such representations and warranties (a) have been made only for\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql purposes of the merger agreement, (b) have been qualified by certain documents filed with, or furnished to, the SEC by the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company prior to the date of the merger agreement, (c) have been qualified by confidential disclosures made to Fresenius Kabi\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and Merger Sub in connection with the merger agreement, (d) are subject to materiality qualifications contained in the merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement which may differ from what may be viewed as material by investors, (e) were made only as of the date of the merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement or such other date as is specified in the merger agreement and (f) have been included in the merger agreement for the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql purpose of allocating risk between the Company, on the one hand, and Fresenius Kabi and Merger Sub, on the other hand, rather\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql than establishing matters as facts. Accordingly, the merger agreement is included with this proxy statement only to provide\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql investors with information regarding the terms of the merger agreement and not to provide investors with any other factual\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql information regarding the Company or Fresenius Kabi or their respective subsidiaries or businesses. Investors should not rely on\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the representations and warranties or any descriptions thereof as characterization of the actual state of facts or condition of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company or Fresenius Kabi or their respective subsidiaries or businesses. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the representations and warranties may change after the date of the merger agreement, which subsequent information may or may\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql not be fully reflected in the Company\u8217?s public disclosures.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Company will provide additional disclosure in its public reports of any material information necessary to provide the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql holders of Company common shares with a materially complete understanding of the disclosures relating to the merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement. The representations and warranties in the merger agreement and the description of them in this proxy statement\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql should not be read alone but instead should be read in conjunction with the other information contained in the reports, statements\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and filings the Company publicly files with the SEC. Such information can be found elsewhere in this proxy statement and in the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql public filings the Company makes with the SEC, as described in the section entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Where You Can Find Additional\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Information\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221? beginning on page 82.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra043_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra043_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Merger\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Subject to the terms and conditions of the merger agreement and in accordance with the LBCA, at the effective time of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql merger, Merger Sub, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fresenius Kabi, will be merged with and into the Company. The separate\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql corporate existence of Merger Sub will cease and the Company will continue as the surviving corporation. As a result, the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company will become a subsidiary of Fresenius Kabi. Merger Sub was created solely for purposes of the merger and has no\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql material assets or operations of its own.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra044_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra044_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Closing and Effective Time of the Merger\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The closing of the merger will take place at 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the second business day following the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql satisfaction or waiver (to the extent such waiver is permitted by applicable law) of all of the conditions described in the section\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql below entitled \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql -Conditions of the Merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221? beginning on page 72 (other than any condition that by its nature\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql cannot be satisfied until the closing of the merger, but subject to satisfaction of any such condition), unless the Company and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi agree to another date or time in writing.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The merger will become effective at the time the articles of merger are filed with the Secretary of State of the State of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Louisiana, or such later time as is specified in the articles of merger and as is agreed to by the Company, Fresenius Kabi and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Merger Sub, which is referred to as the \u8220?effective time\u8221? of the merger.
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Do not send\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql Company common share certificates with your proxy card.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The merger consideration paid upon the surrender of certificates representing Company common shares in accordance with\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the merger agreement will be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the Company common\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shares previously represented by such certificates. 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The parties agreed that all such efforts are unconditional and not qualified in any manner and are not to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql be considered for purposes of determining whether a material adverse effect has occurred or would reasonably be expected to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql occur. Fresenius Kabi also agreed not to withdraw and refile its initial filing under the HSR Act or any other antitrust law unless\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company has consented in advance to such withdrawal and refiling, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi will (i) control the strategy for obtaining any approvals, consents, registrations, waivers, permits,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql authorizations, orders and other confirmations from any governmental authority in connection with the transactions contemplated\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql by the merger agreement and (ii) control the overall development of the positions to be taken and the regulatory actions to be\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql requested in any filing or submission with a governmental authority in connection with the transactions contemplated by the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql merger agreement and in connection with any investigation or other inquiry or litigation by or before, or any negotiations with, a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql governmental authority relating to the transactions and of all other regulatory matters incidental thereto. The Company and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Kabi also agreed not to commit to or agree with any governmental authority to stay, toll or extend any applicable\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql waiting period under the HSR Act or any other antitrust laws or enter into a timing agreement with any governmental authority,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql without the prior written consent of the other party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. Fresenius Kabi will, however,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql consult and cooperate with the Company with respect to such strategy, positions and requested regulatory action and consider the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s views in good faith.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra053_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra053_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Access to Information; Confidentiality\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Subject to the confidentiality agreement between Fresenius Kabi and the Company and applicable law relating to the sharing\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of information and any applicable judgment or order of a governmental authority, we have agreed to provide Fresenius Kabi and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql its representatives, from time to time prior to the earlier of the effective time of the merger or the termination of the merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement, with reasonable access during normal business hours to (i) our officers, employees, agents, properties, books, contracts\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and records and (ii) such other information as Fresenius Kabi shall reasonably request regarding the Company and its business,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql personnel, assets, liabilities and properties.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra054_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra054_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Meeting of Our Shareholders\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql We have agreed to take all necessary action in accordance with applicable law, the Company\u8217?s organizational\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql documents and the rules of the NASDAQ to duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of holders of Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql common shares for the purpose of considering and taking action upon the approval of the merger agreement, which meeting is\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the subject of this
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In\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql addition, from the effective time of the merger, Fresenius Kabi will, and Fresenius Kabi agreed to cause the surviving corporation\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to, without requiring a preliminary determination of entitlement to indemnification, advance any expenses (including reasonable\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql fees and expenses of legal counsel) of any such indemnitee (including in connection with enforcing the indemnity and other\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql obligations referred to in the merger agreement) as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law;\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql provided\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql that the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql individual to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it shall be determined that such\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql person is not entitled to be indemnified pursuant to the merger agreement or applicable law. Fresenius Kabi\u8217?s and the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql surviving corporation\u8217?s indemnification obligations described in the merger agreement will continue for a period of six\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql years from the effective time of the merger.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The parties agreed that, for the six-year period commencing immediately after the effective time of the merger, the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql surviving corporation will maintain in effect the Company\u8217?s current directors\u8217? and officers\u8217? liability\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql insurance covering acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the effective time of the merger with respect to those indemnified\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql parties who are, as of the effective time, covered by the Company\u8217?s directors\u8217? and officers\u8217? liability\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql insurance policies on terms and scope with respect to such coverage, and in amount, no less favorable in the aggregate to such\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql individuals than those of such policy in effect on the date of the merger agreement (or Fresenius Kabi may substitute therefor\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql policies, issued by reputable insurers, of at least the same aggregate coverage with respect to matters existing or occurring prior\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to the effective time of the merger, including a \u8220?tail\u8221? policy);\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql provided\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql that if the aggregate annual premium for\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql such insurance exceeds 300% of the annual premium for such insurance as of the date of the merger agreement (which we refer\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to as the \u8220?premium cap\u8221?), then the surviving corporation or Fresenius Kabi shall cause to be provided a policy\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql covering such individuals with the best coverage as is then available at a cost up to but not exceeding such premium cap. Prior\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to the effective time of the merger, the Company may (or, if requested by Fresenius Kabi, the Company will), in consultation\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql with Fresenius Kabi, purchase a six-year prepaid \u8220?tail policy\u8221? on terms and conditions providing at least\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql substantially equivalent benefits in the aggregate as the policies of directors\u8217? and officers\u8217? liability insurance\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql maintained by the Company and its subsidiaries as of the date of the merger agreement, at an aggregate cost up to but not\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql exceeding the aggregate maximum amount payable by the surviving corporation or Fresenius Kabi as described above for such\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql six-year period.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra056_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra056_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Employee Benefits Matters\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The merger agreement provides that for a period of not less than one year following the effective time, Fresenius Kabi will,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and will cause the surviving corporation to, provide each individual who was an employee of the Company or any of its
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In addition, each such\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql continuing employee will be eligible to receive one or more additional bonus true-up payments in an aggregate amount equal to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the shortfall, if any, between (a) the aggregate amount of the annual bonus, commission or incentive plan award or awards he or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql she actually receives or is owed under the annual bonus, commission or incentive plans of Fresenius Kabi or its subsidiaries with\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql respect to the period from the effective time of the merger through December 31, 2018 (including the period from the effective\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql time through December 31, 2017, if the effective time occurs during 2017) and (b) the annual bonus, commission or incentive\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql plan award or awards he or she would have received for such period or periods based on his or her target annual bonus,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql commission or incentive plan opportunity and base salary as in effect as of immediately prior to the effective time of the merger.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The bonus true-up payments will be paid installments as soon as practicable following December 31, 2017 and December 31,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 2018, in each case subject to the continuing employee\u8217?s continued employment through the payment date.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql In addition, with respect to all employee benefit plans of Fresenius Kabi and its subsidiaries, each continuing\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql employee\u8217?s service with the Company or its subsidiaries will be treated as service with the surviving corporation or any of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql its subsidiaries; provided, however, that such service need not be recognized (i) to the extent that recognition would result in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql duplication of benefits for the same period of service, (ii) for any purpose under any defined benefit retirement plan, retiree\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql welfare plan, equity-based incentive plan or long-term incentive plan or (iii) for purposes of any plan, program or arrangement\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (x) under which similarly situated employees of Fresenius Kabi and its subsidiaries do not receive credit for prior service or (y)\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql that is grandfathered or frozen, either with respect to level of benefits or participation.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra057_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra057_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Additional Agreements\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The merger agreement contains additional agreements between us and Fresenius Kabi relating to, among other things:\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the approval of the merger agreement by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Company common shares.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the merger is not consummated by the outside date, which date will be automatically extended to July 24, 2018, if,\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql on the outside date, all conditions to the closing of the merger either have been satisfied or waived or are then\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql capable of being satisfied, except the HSR approval condition or the no restraints condition (as set forth above);\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql provided if the outside date has been extended to July 24, 2018, and on July 24, 2018, all conditions to the closing\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of the merger either have been satisfied or waived or are then capable of being satisfied, except the HSR approval\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql condition, and Fresenius Kabi is then actively engaged in actions required to satisfy such condition, then Fresenius\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Kabi will have the right to extend the outside date to October 24, 2018; provided further that a party whose breach\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql or failure to perform of any provision of the merger agreement has been a principal cause of or resulted in a failure\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of the merger to be consummated by the outside date will not be able to terminate under this provision;\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the holders of Company common shares fail to approve the merger agreement at the special meeting (including any\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql adjournments and postponements thereof).\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company breaches any of its representations or warranties or fails to perform any of its covenants or agreements\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql contained in the merger agreement, which breach or failure to perform or comply would give rise to the failure to\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql satisfy certain conditions to completion of the merger, and such breach or failure cannot be cured by the outside\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql date or, if capable of being cured by the outside date, the Company (x) shall not have commenced good faith efforts\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to cure the breach or failure to perform within 30 calendar days following receipt by the Company of written notice\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of such breach or failure to perform from Fresenius Kabi or (y) is not thereafter continuing to take good faith efforts\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to cure such breach or failure to perform (provided that Fresenius Kabi or Merger Sub is not then in material breach\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant contained in the merger agreement).\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql if either Fresenius Kabi or Merger Sub breaches any of its representations or warranties or fails to perform any of\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql its covenants or agreements contained in the merger agreement, which breach or failure to perform or comply would\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql give rise to the failure to satisfy certain conditions to completion of the merger, and such breach or failure cannot be\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql cured by the outside date or, if capable of being cured by the outside date, Fresenius Kabi or Merger Sub (x) shall\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql not have commenced good faith efforts to cure the breach or failure to perform within 30 calendar days following\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql receipt by Fresenius Kabi or Merger Sub of written notice of such breach or failure to perform from the Company\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql or (y) are not thereafter continuing to take good faith efforts to cure such breach or failure to perform (provided that\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql we are not then in material breach of any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant contained in the merger\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement).\cell{
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The termination fee, if paid, shall be the sole and exclusive monetary damages remedy of Fresenius Kabi, Merger Sub\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and their respective subsidiaries and any of their respective former, current or future officers, directors, partners, shareholders,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql managers, members or affiliates against the Company and its subsidiaries and any of their respective former, current or future\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql officers, directors, partners, shareholders, managers, members or affiliates for any loss suffered as a result of the failure of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql transactions contemplated by the merger agreement to be consummated or for a breach or failure to perform under the merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement or otherwise (so long as, in the event the agreement was terminated by the Company, such termination was in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql accordance with the applicable provisions of the merger agreement).\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra061_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra061_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Effect of Termination\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql If the merger agreement is terminated by us or Fresenius Kabi in accordance with its terms, the merger agreement will\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql become void and of no effect, with no liability on the part of any party (or any director, officer, or affiliate of such party) to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql other party to the merger agreement;\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql provided\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql , that no such termination shall relieve any party from liability for damages to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql another party resulting from a knowing and intentional breach of the merger agreement or from fraud. In the event the merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement is terminated, certain provisions of the merger agreement, including but not limited to those related to confidentiality,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql governing law and the termination fee, will survive the termination.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra062_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra062_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Amendment\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Subject to the requirements of applicable law, the merger agreement may be amended by the written agreement of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql parties thereto at any time prior to the effective time of the merger, whether before or after approval of the merger agreement by\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the holders of Company common shares;\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql provided\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql that following the approval of the merger agreement by the holders of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company common shares, the merger agreement may not be amended in any manner which by law would require further\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql approval by the holders of Company common shares without approval by such holders of Company common shares.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra063_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra063_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Extension; Waiver\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql At any time prior to the effective time of the merger, subject to the requirements of applicable law, any party to the merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement may (i) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other parties to the merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreement, (ii) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties by the other party contained in the merger agreement\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql or in any document delivered pursuant thereto and (iii) waive compliance by the other party with any of the agreements or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql conditions contained in the merger agreement. Any such extension or waiver will be valid only if set forth in an instrument in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql writing signed by the party or parties to be bound thereby. The failure of any party to the merger agreement to assert any of its\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql rights under the merger agreement or otherwise will not constitute a waiver of such rights. Notwithstanding the foregoing,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql following the approval of the merger agreement by the holders of Company common shares, there may be no waiver or extension\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql under the merger agreement that decreases the merger consideration, modifies the articles of incorporation of the surviving\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql corporation except as permitted by applicable law or adversely affects the rights of the holders of Company common shares\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql without approval by such shareholders.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra064_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra064_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Governing Law\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The merger agreement is governed by and will be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (except\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql that the procedures of the merger and matters relating to the fiduciary duties of the Board will be subject to the internal laws of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the State of Louisiana).\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~{\*\bkmkstart lakra065_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra065_11655230}\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Parent Undertaking\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fresenius Parent has agreed to cause Fresenius Kabi to comply with its obligations under the merger agreement.
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}{\*\bkmkstart lakra066_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra066_11655230}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc VOTING AGREEMENTS\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql As a condition to Fresenius Kabi and Merger Sub entering into the merger agreement, Dr. Kapoor, Mr. Rai, Mr. Bonaccorsi,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Dr. Kutinsky and their shareholder affiliates executed and delivered to Fresenius Kabi the voting agreements, each dated April\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 24, 2017. At the close of business on the record date, Dr. Kapoor, Mr. Rai, Mr. Bonaccorsi, Dr. Kutinsky and their shareholder\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql affiliates collectively beneficially owned and held voting power over 31,063,189 Company common shares (the \u8220?subject\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shares\u8221?), which represents approximately 24.9% of the voting power of the Company common shares. In connection with\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the execution and delivery of the voting agreements, Fresenius Kabi did not pay any of Dr. Kapoor, Mr. Rai, Mr. Bonaccorsi, Dr.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Kutinsky and their shareholder affiliates any consideration in addition to the consideration they may receive pursuant to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql merger agreement in respect of their Company common shares or, as applicable, any equity-based awards. The voting\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreements are attached hereto as Annexes B, C, D and E.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Under the voting agreements, Dr. Kapoor, Mr. Rai, Mr. Bonaccorsi, Dr. Kutinsky and their shareholder affiliates agreed,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql among other things, to:\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql appear, or otherwise cause any subject shares to be counted as present, at any special meeting called to vote upon\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the merger and the merger agreement, provided that the merger agreement shall not have been amended or modified\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql in a manner without any such shareholder\u8217?s consent to (x) decrease the merger consideration or (y) change\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the form of merger consideration;\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql vote or cause to be voted all subject shares (A) in favor of, and shall consent to (or cause to be consented to), the\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql approval of the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement and any related\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql proposal in furtherance of the foregoing and (B) against any takeover proposal; provided that the merger agreement\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shall not have been amended or modified in a manner without any such shareholder\u8217?s consent to (x) decrease\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the merger consideration or (y) change the form of merger consideration; and\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8226?\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql not (i) sell, transfer, pledge, exchange, assign, tender, encumber, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of, or enter into a\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql contract, option, call or other arrangement with respect to the sale, transfer, pledge, exchange, assignment, tender,\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql encumbrance, hypothecation or other disposition of, any subject shares or any rights to acquire securities of the\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company, other than pursuant to the applicable voting agreement or the merger agreement, unless such sale,\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql transfer, pledge, exchange, assignment, tender, encumbrance, hypothecation or other disposition is to an affiliate\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql who, prior to any such action, is a party to the applicable voting agreement, enters into a voting agreement in form\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and substance reasonably acceptable to Fresenius Kabi or agrees to enter into the applicable voting agreement\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql pursuant to a customary joinder agreement.\cell{
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}{\*\bkmkstart lakra067_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra067_11655230}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql As of June 9 , 2017, the following persons were directors, nominees, Named Executive Officers or others with beneficial\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql ownership of 5% or more of our common shares. The information set forth below has been determined in accordance with Rule\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 13d-3 under the Exchange Act based upon information furnished to us or to the SEC by the persons listed. Unless otherwise\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql noted, the address of each of the following persons is 1925 West Field Court, Suite 300, Lake Forest, Illinois 60045.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\brdrb\brdrs\fi220\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Beneficial Ownership of Holders of 5% or More of Company Common Shares, Directors and Named Executive Officers:
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\pard\plain\intbl\li220\fi-220\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql Holders of 5% or more of our common shares (excluding Directors and Named\plain\intbl\li220\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql Executive Officers):\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\li220\fi-220\cf1\f51\fs20\ql BlackRock, Inc.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 8,880,815\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (2)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 7.1\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql %\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\li220\fi-220\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Paulson & Co. Inc.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 8,686,500\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (3)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 7.0\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql %\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\li220\fi-220\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Vanguard Group\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 6,678,166\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (4)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 5.4\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql %\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\li220\fi-220\cf1\f51\fs20\ql John N. Kapoor, Ph.D.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 28,465,612\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (5)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 22.8\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql %\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\li220\fi-220\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Kenneth S. Abramowitz\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 46,570\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (6)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs18\qr *\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\li220\fi-220\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Adrienne L. Graves, Ph.D.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 38,886\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (7)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs18\qr *\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\li220\fi-220\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Ronald M. Johnson\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 148,151\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (8)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs18\qr *\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\li220\fi-220\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Steven J. Meyer\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 117,442\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (9)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs18\qr *\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\li220\fi-220\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Terry Allison Rappuhn\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 28,633\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (10)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs18\qr *\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\li220\fi-220\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Brian Tambi\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 73,461\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (11)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs18\qr *\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\li220\fi-220\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Bruce Kutinsky, Pharm. D.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 357,046\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (16)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs18\qr *\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\li220\fi-220\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Jonathan Kafer\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 78,482\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (19)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs18\qr *\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\li220\fi-220\cf1\f51\fs20\b\ql Directors and Executive Officers as a group (15 persons)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 32,557,918\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 25.9\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql %\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (1)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Includes all Company common shares beneficially owned, whether directly and indirectly, individually or together with\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql associates, jointly or as community property with a spouse, as well as any shares as to which beneficial ownership may be\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql acquired within 60 days of June 9, 2017 by the vesting of RSUs or the exercise of options, warrants or other convertible\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql securities. Unless otherwise specified in the footnotes that follow, the indicated person or entity has sole voting power and\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql sole investment power with respect to the shares.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (2)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Company common shares ownership of BlackRock, Inc. is as of December 31, 2016 as reflected in the Schedule 13G/A\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql filed with the SEC on January 19, 2017. The address of BlackRock, Inc. is 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 10055.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (3)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Company common shares ownership of Paulson & Co. Inc. is as of December 31, 2016 as reflected in the Schedule\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 14, 2017. The address of Paulson & Co. Inc. is 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql York, New York 10020.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (4)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Company common shares ownership of The Vanguard Group is as of December 31, 2016 as reflected in the Schedule\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 13G filed with the SEC on February 8, 2017. The address of The Vanguard Group is 100 Vanguard Blvd., Malvern,\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Pennsylvania 19355.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (5)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Includes (i) 1,907,445 Company common shares owned by the Kapoor Trust, of which Dr. Kapoor is the sole trustee and\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql beneficiary, (ii) 501,896 Company common shares owned directly by Dr. Kapoor, (iii) 1,165 Company common shares to be\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql issued upon vesting of RSUs, and (iv) 16,555 Company common shares issuable upon exercise of options. The total also\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql includes (iv) 15,050,000 Company common shares owned by Akorn Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, of\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql which Dr. Kapoor is the indirect managing general partner, (v) 2,970,644 Company common shares owned by EJ Financial /\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Akorn Management L.P., of which Dr. Kapoor is the indirect managing general partner, (vi) 3,590,445 Company common\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shares owned by EJ Funds LP., of which Dr. Kapoor is the indirect managing general partner, and (vii)\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (6)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Beneficial ownership for Mr. Abramowitz includes 16,555 Company common shares issuable upon exercise of\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql options and 1,165 Company common shares to be issued upon vesting of RSUs, and excludes: (i) 10,418 unvested\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql RSUs, and (ii) 5,800 shares subject to unvested stock options.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (7)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Beneficial ownership for Dr. Graves includes 16,555 Company common shares issuable upon exercise of options and 1,165\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company common shares to be issued upon vesting of RSUs, and excludes: (i) 10,418 unvested RSUs, and (ii) 5,800 shares\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql subject to unvested stock options.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (8)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Beneficial ownership for Mr. Johnson includes 16,555 Company common shares issuable upon exercise of options and 1,165\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company common shares to be issued upon vesting of RSUs, and excludes: (i) 10,418 unvested RSUs, and (ii) 5,800 shares\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql subject to unvested stock options.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (9)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Beneficial ownership for Mr. Meyer includes 16,555 Company common shares issuable upon exercise of options and 1,165\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company common shares to be issued upon vesting of RSUs, and excludes: (i) 10,418 unvested RSUs, and (ii) 5,800 shares\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql subject to unvested stock options.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (10)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Beneficial ownership for Ms. Rappuhn includes 25,802 Company common shares issuable upon exercise of options and\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 1,165 Company common shares to be issued upon vesting of RSUs, and excludes: (i) 10,418 unvested RSUs, and (ii) 5,800\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shares subject to unvested stock options.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (11)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Beneficial ownership for Mr. Tambi includes 16,555 Company common shares issuable upon exercise of options and 1,165\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company common shares to be issued upon vesting of RSUs, and excludes: (i) 14,434 unvested RSUs, and (ii) 5,800 shares\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql subject to unvested stock options.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (12)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Beneficial ownership for Mr. Weinstein includes 16,555 Company common shares issuable upon exercise of options and\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 1,165 Company common shares to be issued upon vesting of RSUs, and excludes: (i) 10,418 unvested RSUs, and (ii) 5,800\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shares subject to unvested stock options.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (13)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Beneficial ownership for Mr. Rai includes 2,000,000 shares owned by the Rajat Rai 2016 GRAT. The total also includes\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 319,773 Company common shares issuable upon the exercise of options and 6,780 Company common shares to be issued\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql upon vesting of RSUs and excludes: (i) 177,026 unvested RSUs, and (ii) 340,334 shares subject to unvested stock options.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\f0\fs16\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (14)\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Beneficial ownership for Mr. Portwood includes 75,000 Company common shares issuable upon exercise of options and\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql excludes: (i) 34,412 unvested RSUs, and (ii) 300,000 shares subject to unvested stock options.\cell{
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}{\*\bkmkstart lakra069_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra069_11655230}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc HOUSEHOLDING\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The SEC has adopted rules that permit companies and intermediaries (e.g., brokers) to satisfy the delivery requirements for\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql proxy statements and annual reports with respect to two or more shareholders sharing the same address by delivering a single\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql proxy statement addressed to those shareholders. This process, which is commonly referred to as \u8220?householding,\u8221?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql potentially means extra convenience for shareholders and cost savings for companies.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Brokers with account holders who are Akorn shareholders may be \u8220?householding\u8221? our proxy materials. A\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql single proxy statement will be delivered to multiple shareholders sharing an address unless contrary instructions have been\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql received from the affected shareholders. Once you have received notice from your broker that they will be\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?householding\u8221? communications to your address, \u8220?householding\u8221? will continue until you are notified\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql otherwise or until you revoke your consent. If, at any time, you no longer wish to participate in \u8220?householding\u8221? and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql would prefer to receive a separate proxy statement and annual report, please notify your broker and direct your written request to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Akorn, Inc., Attention: Investor Relations, 1925 West Field Court, Suite 300, Lake Forest, Illinois 60045, or call (847) 582-6923.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Shareholders who currently receive multiple copies of the proxy statement at their address and would like to request\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?householding\u8221? of their communications should contact their broker.
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}{\*\bkmkstart lakra070_11655230}{\*\bkmkend lakra070_11655230}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql If the merger is completed on the expected timeline, the Company does not expect to hold an annual meeting of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shareholders in 2018. If the merger is not completed, or the outside date is extended as described under \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\i\ql Agreement-Termination\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?, you will continue to be entitled to attend and participate in the Company\u8217?s annual\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql meetings of shareholders, and we may hold a 2018 annual meeting of shareholders, in which case we will provide notice of or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql otherwise publicly disclose the date on which the 2018 annual meeting will be held. If the 2018 annual meeting of shareholders\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql is held, shareholder proposals will be eligible for consideration for inclusion in the proxy statement and form of proxy for the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s 2018 annual meeting of shareholders in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act and the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s By-laws, as described below.\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi462\cf1\f51\fs20\ql If the 2018 annual meeting of shareholders is held, any proposal that a shareholder of Company common shares wishes to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql submit for inclusion in the Akorn Proxy Statement for the 2018 annual meeting (\u8220?2018 Proxy Statement\u8221?) pursuant\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to Rule 14a-8 must be received by Akorn\u8217?s Corporate Secretary at 1925 West Field Court, Suite 300, Lake Forest, Illinois\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 60045 not later than November 24, 2017, or if such year\u8217?s annual meeting does not take place within 30 days from April\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 27, 2018, then the deadline is a reasonable time before Akorn begins to print and send its proxy materials. Such proposals must\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql comply with SEC regulations under Rule 14a-8 regarding the inclusion of shareholder proposals in company-sponsored proxy\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql materials. In addition, notice of any proposal that a holder of Company common shares wishes to propose for consideration at the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 2018 annual meeting, but does not seek to include in the 2018 Proxy Statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8, must be delivered to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company no later than November 24, 2017 if the proposing shareholder of Company common shares wishes for Akorn to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql describe the nature of the proposal in its 2018 Proxy Statement. Any shareholder proposals or notices submitted to Akorn in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql connection with our 2018 annual meeting should be addressed to: Akorn\u8217?s Corporate Secretary at 1925 West Field Court,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Suite 300, Lake Forest, Illinois 60045. Any notice of a shareholder proposal submitted after November 24, 2017, or if such\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql year\u8217?s annual meeting does not take place within 30 days from April 27, 2018, a reasonable time before Akorn begins to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql print and send its proxy materials, will be considered untimely.
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 1.05.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 2\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 2.04.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Payments with Respect to Equity-Based Awards\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 7\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 3.05.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company SEC Documents; Undisclosed Liabilities\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 11\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 3.08.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Compliance with Laws; Permits\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 13\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 3.12.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Environmental Matters\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 16\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 3.13.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Intellectual Property\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 17\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 3.14.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql No Rights Agreement; Anti-Takeover Provisions; No Appraisal Rights\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 18\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 3.18.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Regulatory Compliance\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 20\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 3.19.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Opinion of Financial Advisor\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 23\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 3.20.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Brokers and Other Advisors\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 23\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 3.21.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql No Other Representations or Warranties\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 23\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 4.01.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Organization; Standing\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 24\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 4.04.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Ownership and Operations of Merger Sub\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 25\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 4.05.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Sufficiency of Funds\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 25\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 4.06.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Brokers and Other Advisors\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 26\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 4.07.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql No Other Company Representations or Warranties\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 26\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 4.08.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Non-Reliance on Company Estimates, Projections, Forecasts, Forward-Looking Statements and\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Business Plans\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 26\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 4.09.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Information Supplied\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 27\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 4.11.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Ownership of Company Common Shares\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 27\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qc Additional Covenants and Agreements\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 5.01.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Conduct of Business\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 27\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 5.02.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Solicitation; Change in Recommendation\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 32\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 5.03.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Efforts\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 36\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 5.04.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Public Announcements\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 38\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 5.05.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Access to Information; Confidentiality\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 39\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 5.06.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Indemnification and Insurance\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 39\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 5.07.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Rule 16b-3\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 42\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 5.08.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Employee Matters\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 42\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 5.09.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company ESPP\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 44\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 5.10.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Notification of Certain Matters; Shareholder Litigation\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 44\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 5.11.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Parent Vote\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 45\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 5.12.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Stock Exchange De-listing\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 45\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 5.13.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Preparation of the Proxy Statement; Shareholders\u8217? Meeting\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 45\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 5.14.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Voting Agreements\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 46\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\brdrb\brdrs\ul{\field{\*\fldinst HYPERLINK \\l "toc_11655230" }{\*\fldrslt\cf3\f51\fs20\b\ql Back to Contents}}\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qc ARTICLE VI\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qc \~\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qc Conditions to the Merger\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qc \~\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 6.01.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Conditions to Each Party\u8217?s Obligation To Effect the Merger\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 46\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 6.02.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 47\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 6.03.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Conditions to the Obligations of the Company\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 47\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr \~\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qc ARTICLE VII\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qc Termination\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 7.01.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Termination\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 48\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 7.02.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Effect of Termination\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 50\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 7.03.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Termination Fee\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 50\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr \~\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qc ARTICLE VIII\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr \~\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qc Miscellaneous\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 8.01.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql No Survival of Representations and Warranties\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 51\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 8.02.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Amendment or Supplement\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 51\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 8.03.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Extension of Time, Waiver, Etc\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 51\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 8.04.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Assignment\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 52\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 8.05.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Counterparts\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 52\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 8.06.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 52\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 8.07.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Governing Law; Jurisdiction\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 52\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 8.08.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Specific Enforcement\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 53\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 8.09.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 53\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 8.10.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Notices\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 54\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 8.11.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Severability\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 55\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 8.12.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Definitions\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 55\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 8.13.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Fees and Expenses\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 62\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 8.14.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Performance Guaranty\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 62\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 8.15.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Interpretation\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 62\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 8.16.\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql FK Parent Undertaking\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\qr 63\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Exhibit A\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql --\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Exhibit B\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql --\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Wiring Instructions\cell{
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\li2376\fi792\cf1\f51\fs20\ql This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of April 24, 2017 (this\plain\li2376\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?\plain\li2376\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Agreement\plain\li2376\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?), is by and among Fresenius Kabi AG, a German stock corporation\plain\li2376\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (\u8220?\plain\li2376\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Parent\plain\li2376\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?), Quercus Acquisition, Inc., a Louisiana corporation and a wholly owned\plain\li2376\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Subsidiary of Parent (\u8220?\plain\li2376\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Merger Sub\plain\li2376\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?), Akorn, Inc., a Louisiana corporation (the\plain\li2376\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?\plain\li2376\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Company\plain\li2376\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?) and, solely for purposes of Article VIII, Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA, a\plain\li2376\cf1\f51\fs20\ql German partnership limited by shares (\u8220?\plain\li2376\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql FK Parent\plain\li2376\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?). Certain capitalized terms used in\plain\li2376\cf1\f51\fs20\ql this Agreement are defined in Section 8.12.\par\pard\plain\li2376\fi792\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql WHEREAS, the parties intend that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql in accordance with the Louisiana Business Corporation Act (the \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql LBCA\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?), Merger Sub will be merged with and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql into the Company, with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?);\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql WHEREAS, simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as a condition and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql inducement to the willingness of Parent and Merger Sub to enter into this Agreement, Parent and certain shareholders of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company are entering into voting agreements (collectively, the \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Voting Agreements\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?), pursuant to which, among\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql other things, such shareholders have agreed to vote to approve this Agreement and to take certain other actions in furtherance of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Merger, in each case upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has (i) duly authorized and approved the execution,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the Transactions, (ii)\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql adopted this Agreement and (iii) recommended that the Company\u8217?s shareholders approve this Agreement;\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of each of Parent and Merger Sub has duly authorized and approved the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql execution, delivery and performance by each of Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement and the consummation by Parent and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Merger Sub of the Transactions;\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Merger Sub has (i) adopted this Agreement and (ii) recommended that\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Parent, in its capacity as sole shareholder of Merger Sub, approve this Agreement;\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql WHEREAS, Parent, in its capacity as sole shareholder of Merger Sub, will approve this Agreement by written\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql consent immediately following its execution; and\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql WHEREAS, the Company, Parent and Merger Sub desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and agreements in connection with this Agreement.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc A-1
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the representations, warranties, covenants and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agreements contained in this Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company hereby\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql agree as follows:\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc ARTICLE I
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\par\pard\plain\fs16\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\qc The Merger\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 1.01. \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql The Merger.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql accordance with the provisions of the LBCA, at the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company, the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall thereupon cease, and the Company shall be the surviving corporation in the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Merger. The Company, as the surviving corporation after the Merger, is hereinafter referred to as the \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Surviving\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Corporation\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 1.02. \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Closing.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The closing of the Merger (the \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Closing\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?) shall take place at 10:00 a.m.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (New York City time) on the second business day (the \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Closing Date\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?) following the satisfaction or waiver (to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql extent such waiver is permitted by applicable Law) of the conditions set forth in Article VI (other than those conditions that by\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of those conditions at such time), at the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql offices of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10019, unless another date, time or place\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql is agreed to in writing by Parent and the Company.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 1.03. \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Effective Time.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, as soon as practicable on the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Closing Date, the parties hereto shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing articles of merger executed in accordance\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql with, and in such form as is required by, the relevant provisions of the LBCA (the \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Articles of Merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?), and shall\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql make all other filings, recordings or publications required under the LBCA in connection with the Merger. The Merger shall\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql become effective at the time that the Articles of Merger are filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Louisiana (the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Secretary of State\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?) or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, at such later time as is agreed to by the parties\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql hereto prior to the filing of such Articles of Merger and specified in the Articles of Merger (the time at which the Merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql becomes effective is herein referred to as the \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Effective Time\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?).\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 1.04. \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Effects of the Merger.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Merger shall have the effects provided in this Agreement and as set\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql forth in the applicable provisions, including Section 1-1107, of the LBCA.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 1.05. \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql At the Effective Time, the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Company, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be amended and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql restated as of the Effective Time to be in the form of Exhibit A and the bylaws of Merger Sub (except with respect to the name\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of the Company), respectively, and as so amended and restated shall be the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Corporation until thereafter amended as provided therein or by applicable Law (and subject to Section 5.06 hereof).\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc A-2
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 1.06. \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Directors and Officers of the Surviving Corporation.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (a) The directors of Merger Sub\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors of the Surviving Corporation immediately following the Effective\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Time, until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified or their earlier death, resignation or removal in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql accordance with the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (b) The officers of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the officers of the Surviving\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Corporation until their respective successors are duly appointed and qualified or their earlier death, resignation or removal in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql accordance with the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc ARTICLE II
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\par\pard\plain\fs16\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\qc Effect of the Merger on Capital Stock; Exchange of Certificates; Equity-Based Awards\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 2.01. \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Effect on Capital Stock.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql on the part of the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or the holder of any of the outstanding shares of the common stock, no par\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql value per share, of the Company (\u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Company Common Shares\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?) or any shares of Merger Sub:\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (a) \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Capital Shares of Merger Sub.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Each issued and outstanding share of Merger Sub shall be converted into and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql become one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock, no par value per share, of the Surviving\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Corporation.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (b) \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Cancelation of Certain Shares.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql All Company Common Shares that are owned by the Company as treasury\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shares immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and shall cease to exist and no consideration shall be delivered\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql in exchange therefor. All Company Common Shares then held by Parent or Merger Sub shall be canceled and shall cease to exist\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and no consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor. Each Company Common Share that is owned by any direct or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company or of Parent (other than Merger Sub) shall not represent the right to receive the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Merger Consideration and shall be, at the election of Parent, either (i) converted into shares of common stock of the Surviving\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Corporation or (ii) canceled.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (c) \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Conversion of Company Common Shares.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Each issued and outstanding Company Common Share (other than\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company Common Shares to be canceled in accordance with Section 2.01(b)) shall be converted automatically into and shall\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql thereafter represent only the right to receive an amount in cash equal to $34.00 per share, without interest (the \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Consideration\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?). As of the Effective Time, all such Company Common Shares shall no longer be outstanding and shall\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql automatically be canceled and shall cease to exist, and each holder of a certificate which immediately prior to the Effective Time\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql represented any such Company Common Share (each, a \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Certificate\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?) or non-certificated Company Common Share\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql held in book entry form (each, a \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Book Entry Share\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?) shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the right to receive the Merger Consideration to be paid in consideration therefor upon surrender of such Certificate or Book\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Entry Share in accordance with Section 2.02(b).\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc A-3
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 2.02. \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Exchange of Certificates and Book Entry Shares.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (a) \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Paying Agent.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Prior to the Closing Date,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Parent shall designate a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to the Company to act as agent (the \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Paying\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Agent\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?) for the payment of the Merger Consideration in accordance with this Article II and, in connection therewith, prior\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to the Closing Date shall enter into an agreement with the Paying Agent in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company. At or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Paying Agent an amount in cash sufficient to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql pay the aggregate Merger Consideration (such cash being hereinafter referred to as the \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Exchange Fund\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?). Pending\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql its disbursement in accordance with this Section 2.02, the Exchange Fund shall be invested by the Paying Agent as directed by\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Parent in (i) short-term direct obligations of the United States of America, (ii) short-term obligations for which the full faith and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql credit of the United States of America is pledged to provide for the payment of principal and interest, (iii) short-term commercial\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql paper rated the highest quality by either Moody\u8217?s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard and Poor\u8217?s Ratings Services or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (iv) certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements or banker\u8217?s acceptances of commercial banks with capital\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql exceeding $1 billion. Parent shall or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to promptly replace or restore the cash in the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Exchange Fund so as to ensure that the Exchange Fund is at all times maintained at a level sufficient for the Paying Agent to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql make all payments of Merger Consideration in accordance herewith. No investment losses resulting from investment of the funds\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql deposited with the Paying Agent shall diminish the rights of any holder of Company Common Shares to receive the Merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Consideration as provided herein.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (b) \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Payment Procedures.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Promptly after the Effective Time (but in no event more than three business days\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql thereafter), Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Paying Agent to mail to each Person who was, at the Effective\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Time, a holder of record of Company Common Shares (other than the Company Common Shares to be canceled or converted in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql accordance with Section 2.01(b)) (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql title to the Certificates or Book Entry Shares, as applicable, shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Paying Agent,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and which shall be in such form and shall have such other customary provisions (including customary provisions regarding\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql delivery of an \u8220?agent\u8217?s message\u8221? with respect to Book Entry Shares) as Parent and the Company may\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql reasonably agree prior to the Closing Date) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Entry Shares in exchange for payment of the Merger Consideration as provided in Section 2.01(c). Upon surrender of a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Certificate or a Book Entry Share for cancelation to the Paying Agent, together with such letter of transmittal, duly completed\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and validly executed in accordance with such letter\u8217?s instructions (and such other customary documents as may reasonably\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql be required by the Paying Agent), the holder of such Certificate or Book Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql therefor the Merger Consideration for each Company Common Share formerly represented by such Certificate or Book Entry\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Share, and the Certificate or Book Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. If payment of the Merger\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Consideration is to be made to a Person other than the Person in whose name the surrendered Certificate or Book Entry Share is\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql registered, it shall be a condition of payment that (x) the Certificate or Book Entry Share so surrendered shall be properly\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql endorsed or shall otherwise be in proper form for transfer and (y) the Person requesting such payment shall have paid any\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql transfer and other Taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration to a Person other than the registered\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql holder of such Certificate or Book Entry Share surrendered and shall have established to the reasonable satisfaction of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Surviving Corporation that such Tax either has been paid or is not applicable. Until surrendered as\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc A-4
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From and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql after the Effective Time, the holders of Certificates that represented ownership of Company Common Shares and Book Entry\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with respect to such shares, except as\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql otherwise provided for herein or by applicable Law. Subject to the last sentence of Section 2.02(e), if, at any time after the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Effective Time, Certificates and Book Entry Shares are presented to the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article II.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (d) \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Surviving Corporation, the posting by such Person of a bond, in such reasonable amount as Parent may direct, as indemnity\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Paying Agent will pay, in exchange for such\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate, the applicable Merger Consideration to be paid in respect of Company Common Shares\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql formerly represented by such Certificate as contemplated by this Article II.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (e) \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Termination of Exchange Fund.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql At any time following the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to require the Paying Agent to deliver to it any portion of the Exchange Fund (including\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql any interest received with respect thereto) which has not been disbursed to holders of Certificates or Book Entry Shares, and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql thereafter such holders shall be entitled to look only to Parent and the Surviving Corporation for, and Parent and the Surviving\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Corporation shall remain liable for, payment of their claims for the Merger Consideration pursuant to the provisions of this\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Article II. Any amounts remaining unclaimed by such holders at such time at which such amounts would otherwise escheat to or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql become property of any Governmental Authority shall become, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, the property of Parent\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql or its designee, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (f) \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql No Liability.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, none of the parties hereto,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent shall be liable to any Person for Merger Consideration delivered to a public\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql official pursuant to any applicable state, federal or other abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (g) \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Withholding.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Parent, the Surviving Corporation and the Paying Agent shall be entitled to deduct and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql withhold from the Merger Consideration and any other amounts\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc A-5
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql payable pursuant to this Article II such amounts as are required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql payment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Code\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?), or under any provision of state, local or non-U.S. Tax Law. To the extent amounts are so withheld and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority, the withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made.\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (h) \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql FIRPTA Certificate.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Prior to the Closing Date, the Company will deliver to Parent a certificate described in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql U.S. Treasury Regulation sections 1.1445-2(c)(3) and 1.897-2(h), certifying that the Company Common Shares do not constitute\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?United States real property interests\u8221? within the meaning of section 897(c)(1) of the Code and the U.S. Treasury\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Regulations promulgated thereunder; \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql provided\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql that in no event will any failure to deliver such certificate be deemed a failure of a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql condition to Closing.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 2.03. \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Equity-Based Awards.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Prior to the Effective Time, the Board of Directors of the Company (or,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql if appropriate, any committee thereof administering the Company Stock Option Plans) shall adopt such resolutions and take such\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql other actions as may be required to provide that:\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (a) each option to purchase Company Common Shares other than rights under the Company ESPP (each, a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Company Stock Option\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?) outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether vested or unvested, shall,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql as of the Effective Time, be canceled and the holder thereof shall then become entitled to receive solely, in full satisfaction of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the rights of such holder with respect thereto, a lump-sum cash payment, without interest, equal to the product of (i) the number\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of Company Common Shares for which such Company Stock Option has not then been exercised and (ii) the excess, if any, of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Merger Consideration over the exercise price per share of such Company Stock Option; \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql provided\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql , that any such Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Stock Option with an exercise price per Company Common Share that is equal to or greater than the Merger Consideration shall\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql be canceled for no consideration;\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (b) each restricted stock unit (each, a \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Company RSU\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?) granted prior to the date hereof that is\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether vested or unvested, shall, as of the Effective Time, be canceled and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the holder thereof shall then become entitled to receive solely, in full satisfaction of the rights of such holder with respect thereto,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql a lump-sum cash payment, without interest, equal to the product of (i) the number of Company Common Shares subject to such\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company RSU as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and (ii) the Merger Consideration; and\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (c) each Company RSU granted following the date hereof that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Time shall, as of the Effective Time, be converted into an unvested award representing the opportunity to receive cash payments,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql without interest, in an aggregate amount equal to the product of (i) the number of Company Common Shares subject to such\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company RSU as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and (ii) the Merger Consideration, with such aggregate amount\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql being payable on the vesting dates applicable to such Company RSU as of immediately prior to the Effective Time based\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql proportionately on the number of Company Common Shares that would have vested on each such vesting date, and\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc A-6
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql which award shall continue to vest and shall otherwise be subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable to such\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company RSU as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (including any terms and conditions related to accelerated vesting\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql upon a termination of the holder\u8217?s employment in connection with or following the Effective Time, but excluding any\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql terms and conditions related to accelerated vesting solely as a result of a change in control).\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 2.04. \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Payments with Respect to Equity-Based Awards.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Surviving Corporation shall pay through\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql its payroll systems (a) the amounts due pursuant to Sections 2.03(a) and 2.03(b) promptly after the Effective Time (but in any\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql event, no later than the second payroll date that occurs after the Effective Time) and (b) the amounts due pursuant to Section\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 2.03(c) at the times required under the terms of the applicable agreement, plan or arrangement relating to the corresponding\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company RSU, as described in Section 2.03(c), in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof (including any terms and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql conditions relating to accelerated vesting upon a termination of the holder\u8217?s employment in connection with or following\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Effective Time, but excluding any terms and conditions related to accelerated vesting solely as a result of a change in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql control); \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql provided\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql , \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql however\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql , that in the case of any such amounts that constitute non-qualified deferred compensation under\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Section 409A of the Code, the Surviving Corporation shall pay such amounts at the earliest time permitted under the terms of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql applicable agreement, plan or arrangement that will not trigger a tax or penalty under Section 409A of the Code.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 2.05. \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Adjustments.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql If between the date hereof and the Effective Time the outstanding Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Common Shares shall have been changed into a different number of shares or a different class by reason of the occurrence or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql record date of any share split, reverse share split, share dividend (including any dividend or other distribution of securities\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql convertible into Company Common Shares), reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of shares or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql other like change, the Merger Consideration and any other amounts payable pursuant to this Article II shall be appropriately\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql adjusted to reflect such share split, reverse share split, share dividend (including any dividend or other distribution of securities\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql convertible into Company Common Shares), reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of shares or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql other like change.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc ARTICLE III
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\par\pard\plain\fs16\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\qc Representations and Warranties of the Company\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Company represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub that, except as (A) set forth in the confidential\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql disclosure letter delivered by the Company to Parent and Merger Sub prior to the execution of this Agreement (the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Company Disclosure Letter\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?) (it being understood that any information, item or matter set forth on one section or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql subsection of the Company Disclosure Letter shall be deemed disclosure with respect to, and shall be deemed to apply to and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql qualify, the section or subsection of this Agreement to which it corresponds in number and each other section or subsection of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql this Agreement to the extent that it is reasonably apparent on its face without review or other examination of the underlying\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql documents listed therein that such information, item or matter is relevant to such other section or subsection) or (B) disclosed in\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql any report, schedule, form, statement or other document (including exhibits) filed with, or furnished to, the SEC by the Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql after January 1, 2015 and publicly available\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc A-7
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql prior to the execution of this Agreement (the \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Filed SEC Documents\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?), other than any risk factor disclosure in any\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql such Filed SEC Document contained in the \u8220?Risk Factors\u8221? section thereof or other similarly cautionary,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql forward-looking or predictive statements in such Filed SEC Documents:\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 3.01. \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Organization; Standing.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (a) The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and in good standing under the laws of the State of Louisiana and has all requisite corporate power and corporate authority\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql necessary to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except (other than with respect to the Company\u8217?s due\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql incorporation and valid existence) as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Adverse Effect. The Company is duly licensed or qualified to do business and is in good standing (where such concept is\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql recognized under applicable Law) in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it or the character or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql location of the properties and assets owned or leased by it makes such licensing or qualification necessary, except where the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql failure to be so licensed, qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql have a Material Adverse Effect. True and complete copies of the Company Charter Documents are included in the Filed SEC\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Documents, and the Company is not in violation of any of the provisions thereof, except as would not reasonably be expected to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (b) Each of the Company\u8217?s Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (where\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql such concept is recognized under applicable Law) under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql corporate power and authority necessary to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, and is duly licensed or qualified to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it or the character or location of the properties\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and assets owned or leased by it makes such licensing or qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so organized,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql existing, qualified, licensed, and in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Material Adverse Effect.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 3.02. \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Capitalization.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (a) The authorized shares of the Company consist of 150,000,000 Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Common Shares and 5,000,000 preferred shares, par value $1.00 per share (\u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Company Preferred Shares\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?). At the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql close of business on April 21, 2017 (the \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Capitalization Date\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?), (i) 124,533,605 Company Common Shares were\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql issued and outstanding, (ii) 2,725,931 Company Common Shares were reserved and available for issuance pursuant to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company Stock Option Plans, (iii) 4,615,905 Company Common Shares were subject to Company Stock Options, (iv) Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql RSUs were outstanding pursuant to which a maximum of 407,334 Company Common Shares could be issued, (v) 2,000,000\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company Common Shares were reserved and available for purchase under the Company\u8217?s 2016 Employee Stock Purchase\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Plan (the \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Company ESPP\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?) and (vi) no Company Preferred Shares were issued or outstanding. Since the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Capitalization Date through the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (1) issued any Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Securities or incurred any obligation to make any payments based on the price or value of any Company Securities or (2)\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql established a record date for, declared, set aside for payment or paid any dividend on, or made any other distribution in respect\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of, any shares of the Company, other than, in each case, pursuant to the vesting of Company RSUs, the exercise of Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Stock Options or the forfeiture or withholding of taxes with respect to Company Stock Options or Company RSUs.\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc A-8
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There are no outstanding agreements of any kind\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql which obligate the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Company Securities (other\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql than pursuant to the cashless exercise of Company Stock Options or the forfeiture or withholding of taxes with respect to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company Stock Options or Company RSUs), or obligate the Company to grant, extend or enter into any such agreements relating\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to any Company Securities, including any agreements granting any preemptive rights, subscription rights, anti-dilutive rights,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql rights of first refusal or similar rights with respect to any Company Securities. No direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql owns any Company Common Shares. None of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is a party to any\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shareholders\u8217? agreement, voting trust agreement, registration rights agreement or other similar agreement or understanding\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql relating to any Company Securities or any other agreement relating to the disposition, voting or dividends with respect to any\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company Securities. All outstanding Company Common Shares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql nonassessable and free of preemptive rights.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (c) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in, each Significant\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Subsidiary of the Company (except for directors\u8217? qualifying shares or the like) are owned directly or indirectly,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql beneficially and of record, by the Company free and clear of all Liens and transfer restrictions, except for Permitted Liens and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql such Liens and transfer restrictions of general applicability as may be provided under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Securities Act\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?) or other applicable\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql securities Laws (including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such shares of capital stock or other\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql equity or voting interests). Each outstanding share of capital stock of each Significant Subsidiary of the Company which is held,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql directly or indirectly, by the Company, is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and there are no subscriptions, options, warrants, rights, calls, contracts or other commitments, understandings, restrictions or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql arrangements relating to the issuance, acquisition, redemption, repurchase or sale of any shares of capital stock or other equity or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql voting interests of any Significant Subsidiary of the Company, including any right of conversion or exchange under any\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql outstanding security, instrument or agreement, any agreements granting any preemptive rights, subscription rights, anti-dilutive\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights with respect to any securities of any Significant Subsidiary.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 3.03. \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Authority; Noncontravention.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (a) The Company has all necessary corporate power and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql corporate authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc A-9
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This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except that such enforceability (i) may be limited\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar Laws of general application affecting\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql or relating to the enforcement of creditors\u8217? rights generally and (ii) is subject to general principles of equity, whether\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql considered in a proceeding at law or in equity (the \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Bankruptcy and Equity Exception\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?).\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (b) The Board of Directors of the Company, at a meeting duly called and held, adopted resolutions (i)\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql authorizing and approving the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation by\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the Company of the Transactions, (ii) adopting this Agreement, (iii) directing that the Company submit the approval of this\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Agreement to a vote at a meeting of the holders of Company Common Shares in accordance with the terms of this Agreement\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql and (iv) recommending that the holders of the Company Common Shares approve this Agreement (such recommendation, the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Company Board Recommendation\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?), which resolutions have not, except after the date hereof as permitted by\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Section 5.02, been subsequently rescinded, modified or withdrawn.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (c) The affirmative vote (in person or by proxy) of the holders of a majority of the outstanding Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Common Shares entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class (the \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Company Shareholder Approval\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?),\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql at the Company Shareholders\u8217? Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, is the only vote of the holders of any\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql class or series of shares of the Company necessary to approve this Agreement and for the consummation by the Company of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Transactions.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (d) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, nor the consummation by the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company of the Transactions, nor performance or compliance by the Company with any of the terms or provisions hereof, will\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (i) subject to the receipt of the Company Shareholder Approval, conflict with or violate any provision (A) of the Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Charter Documents or (B) of the similar organizational documents of any of the Company\u8217?s Subsidiaries or (ii) assuming\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql that the authorizations, consents and approvals referred to in Section 3.04 and the Company Shareholder Approval are obtained\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql prior to the Effective Time and the filings referred to in Section 3.04 are made and any waiting periods thereunder have\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql terminated or expired prior to the Effective Time, (x) violate any Law or Judgment applicable to the Company or any of its\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Subsidiaries, (y) violate or constitute a breach of or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under or give rise to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql a right of termination, modification, or cancelation of any obligation or to the loss of any benefit, any of the terms or provisions\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of any loan or credit agreement, indenture, debenture, note, bond, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, sublease, license, contract or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql other agreement (each, a \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Contract\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?) to which the Company or any\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc A-10
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of its Subsidiaries is a party or accelerate the Company\u8217?s or, if applicable, any of its Subsidiaries\u8217? obligations under\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql any such Contract or (z) result in the creation of any Lien (other than Permitted Lien) on any properties or assets of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except, in the case of clause (i)(B) and clause (ii), as would not, individually or in the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 3.04. \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Governmental Approvals.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Except for (a) compliance with the applicable requirements of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Exchange\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Act\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?), including the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql SEC\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?) of a proxy statement\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql relating to the Company Shareholders\u8217? Meeting (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Proxy\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Statement\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?), (b) compliance with the rules and regulations of the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (\u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql NASDAQ\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?), (c) the filing of the Articles of Merger with the Secretary of State pursuant to the LBCA and of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql appropriate documents with the relevant authorities of other jurisdictions in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql qualified to do business, (d) filings required under, and compliance with other applicable requirements of the HSR Act and (e)\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql compliance with any applicable state securities or blue sky laws, no consent or approval of, or filing, license, permit or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql authorization, declaration or registration with, any Governmental Authority is necessary for the execution and delivery of this\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Agreement by the Company, the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and the consummation by the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company of the Transactions, other than such other consents, approvals, filings, licenses, permits or authorizations, declarations\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql or registrations that, if not obtained, made or given, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Material Adverse Effect.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 3.05. \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Company SEC Documents; Undisclosed Liabilities.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (a) The Company has filed with the SEC\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql all material reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company with the SEC\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act since January 1, 2015 (collectively, the \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Company SEC\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Documents\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?). As of their respective effective dates (in the case of Company SEC Documents that are registration\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql statements filed pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act) and as of their respective SEC filing dates or, if amended\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql prior to the date hereof, the date of the filing of such amendment, with respect to the portions that are amended (in the case of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql all other Company SEC Documents), the Company SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, applicable to such Company SEC Documents, and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql none of the Company SEC Documents as of such respective dates (or, if amended prior to the date hereof, the date of the filing\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of such amendment, with respect to the disclosures that are amended) contained any untrue statement of a material fact or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql were made, not misleading.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (b) The consolidated financial statements of the Company (including all related notes or schedules) included or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql incorporated by reference in the Company SEC Documents, as of their respective dates of filing with the SEC (or, if such\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company SEC Documents were amended prior to the date hereof, the date of the filing of such amendment, with respect to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql consolidated financial statements that are amended or restated therein), complied as to form in all material respects with the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, have been prepared in all material respects in accordance with\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql GAAP (except, in the case of unaudited\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc A-11
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql quarterly statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC or other rules and regulations of the SEC) applied on a consistent\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql basis during the periods involved (except (i) as may be indicated in the notes thereto or (ii) as permitted by Regulation S-X) and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the dates thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the periods shown (subject, in the case of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql unaudited quarterly financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments).\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (c) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities of any nature (whether accrued, absolute,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql contingent or otherwise), except liabilities (i) reflected or reserved against in the consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto)\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of the Company as of December 31, 2016 (the \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Balance Sheet Date\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?), included in the Filed SEC Documents, (ii)\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql incurred after the Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (iii) as contemplated by\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql this Agreement or otherwise incurred in accordance with this Agreement in connection with the Transactions or (iv) as would\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (d) The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures and a system of internal\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql controls over financial reporting (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (e) and (f), respectively, of Rule 13a-15 under the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Exchange Act) as required by Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act. As of the date hereof, neither the Company nor, to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company\u8217?s Knowledge, the Company\u8217?s independent registered public accounting firm, has identified or been made\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql aware of \u8220?significant deficiencies\u8221? or \u8220?material weaknesses\u8221? (as defined by the Public Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Accounting Oversight Board) in the design or operation of the Company\u8217?s internal controls over financial reporting which\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql would reasonably be expected to adversely affect in any material respect the Company\u8217?s ability to record, process,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql summarize and report financial data, in each case which has not been subsequently remediated.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (e) The Proxy Statement (including any amendment or supplement thereto), at the time first sent or given to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql shareholders of the Company and at the time of the Company Shareholders\u8217? Meeting, will comply as to form in all\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representation\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql or warranty with respect to statements made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by or on behalf\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of Parent or Merger Sub or any Affiliates thereof for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 3.06. \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Absence of Certain Changes.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Since the Balance Sheet Date through the date of this Agreement\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (a) except for the execution of this Agreement and consummation of the Transactions, and the discussions and negotiations\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql related thereto and to any transaction of the type contemplated by this Agreement, the business of the Company and its\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Subsidiaries has been carried on and conducted in all material respects in the ordinary course of business and (b) there has not\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql been any Material Adverse Effect or any effect, change, event or occurrence that would, individually or in the aggregate,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc A-12
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 3.07. \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Legal Proceedings.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Section 3.07 of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth, to the Knowledge\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of the Company, as of the date hereof, each legal or administrative proceeding, suit, hearing, enforcement, audit, claim,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql investigation, arbitration or action (an \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Action\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?) pending against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql before any Governmental Authority that seeks or reasonably could be expected to result in fines or damages of more than $1\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql million or relates to a criminal matter. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Material Adverse Effect, there is no (a) pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened Action against the Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql or any of its Subsidiaries, or (b) outstanding order, judgment, injunction, ruling, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority (a\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Judgment\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?) imposed upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, by or before any Governmental\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Authority.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 3.08. \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Compliance with Laws; Permits.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are, and have been\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql since July 1, 2013, in compliance in all material respects with all state or federal laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql regulations (\u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Laws\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?) or Judgments, applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The Company and each\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of its Subsidiaries hold all licenses, franchises, permits, certificates, approvals and authorizations from Governmental Authorities\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (collectively, \u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Permits\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?) necessary for the lawful conduct of their respective businesses, except where the failure to\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql hold the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company, each of its Subsidiaries and each of its and their directors, officers and employees acting in such capacity and, to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Knowledge of the Company, each of its and their other agents acting on its or their behalf, is, and has been since July 1, 2013,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql in compliance in all material respects with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and any rules and regulations promulgated\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql thereunder. This Section 3.08 does not relate to and shall not be deemed to apply to the matters addressed in Section 3.18.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 3.09. \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Tax Matters.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (a) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has prepared (or caused to be prepared) and timely filed (taking\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql into account valid extensions of time within which to file) all material Tax Returns required to be filed by any of them, and all\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql such filed Tax Returns (taking into account all amendments thereto) are true, complete and accurate in all material respects.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (b) All material Taxes owed by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries that are due (whether or not shown\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql on any Tax Return) have been timely paid or have been adequately reserved against in accordance with GAAP.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (c) No claim has ever been made by an authority in a jurisdiction where the Company or any of its Subsidiaries\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql does not file Tax Returns that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (d) As of the date of this Agreement, the Company has not received written notice of any pending audits,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql examinations, investigations, proposed adjustments, claims or other proceedings in respect of any material Taxes of the Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql or any of its Subsidiaries.\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc A-13
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{\trowd\clvertalc\cellx10800\trrh248\row}}}\pard\plain\li792\fi792\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (v) prepaid amount received on or prior to the Closing Date; or\par\pard\plain\li792\fi792\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\li792\fi792\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (vi) election under Code Section 108(i).\par\pard\plain\li792\fi792\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (m) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any letter ruling from the U.S. Internal\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Revenue Service (or any comparable ruling from any other taxing authority).\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (n) For purposes of this Agreement: (x) \u8221?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Tax\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221? shall mean any and all federal, state, local or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql non-U.S. taxes, fees, levies, duties, tariffs, imposts, and other similar charges in the nature of a tax (together with any and all\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql interest, penalties and additions to tax) imposed by any Governmental Authority, including taxes or other charges on or with\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql respect to income, franchises, windfall or other profits, gross receipts, property, sales, use, capital stock, payroll, employment,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql social security, workers\u8217? compensation, unemployment compensation, or net worth; taxes or other charges in the nature of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql excise, withholding, ad valorem, stamp, transfer, value added, or gains taxes; license, registration and documentation fees; and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql customs duties, tariffs, and similar charges, together with any interest or penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql any Governmental Authority, and (y) \u8221?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Tax Returns\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221? shall mean returns, reports, claims for refund, declarations of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql estimated Taxes and information statements, including any schedule or attachment thereto or any amendment thereof, with respect\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to Taxes filed or required to be filed with any Governmental Authority, including consolidated, combined and unitary tax returns.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 3.10. \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Employee Benefits.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (a) Section 3.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter contains a true and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql complete list, as of the date of this Agreement, of each material Company Plan. With respect to each material Company Plan, the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company has made available to Parent true and complete copies (to the extent applicable) of (i) the plan document or a written\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql description thereof (or, if appropriate, a form thereof), including any amendments thereto, other than any document that the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company or any of its Subsidiaries are prohibited from making available to Parent as the result of applicable Law relating to the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql safeguarding of data privacy, (ii) the most recent annual report on Form 5500 filed with the IRS or similar report required to be\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql filed with any Governmental Authority and the most recent actuarial valuation or similar report, (iii) the most recent IRS\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql determination or opinion letter received by the Company, (iv) the most recent summary plan description and (v) each insurance\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql or group annuity contract or other funding vehicle.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (b) Each Company Plan has been administered in material compliance with its terms and applicable Laws,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql including ERISA and the Code, as applicable. Each Company Plan intended to be \u8220?qualified\u8221? within the meaning of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS or is entitled to rely upon a favorable\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql opinion issued by the IRS. To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no existing circumstances or any events that have\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql occurred that could reasonably be expected to cause the loss of any such qualification status of any such Company Plan. There\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql are no pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened or anticipated claims (other than routine claims for benefits) by,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql on behalf of or against any Company Plan or any trust related thereto which could reasonably be expected to result in any\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql material liability to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and no\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc A-15
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(as defined in Sections 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA), in each case, at any time within the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql last six (6) years.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (d) No Company Plan provides benefits or coverage in the nature of health, life or disability insurance following\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql retirement or other termination of employment, other than coverage or benefits (i) required to be provided under Part 6 of Title I\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of ERISA or Section 4980(B)(f) of the Code, or any other applicable Law or (ii) the full cost of which is borne by the employee\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql or former employee (or any of their beneficiaries).\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (e) The consummation of the Transactions will not, either alone or in combination with another event, (i)\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount of compensation due to any director, officer, employee or other\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any Company Plan, (ii) cause the Company to transfer or set\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql aside any assets to fund any benefits under any Company Plan, (iii) result in any \u8220?disqualified individual\u8221? receiving\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql any \u8220?excess parachute payment\u8221? (each such term as defined in Section 280G of the Code) or (iv) limit or restrict\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql the right to amend, terminate or transfer the assets of any Company Plan on or following the Effective Time.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 3.11. \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Labor Matters.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Section 3.11 of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a complete and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql accurate list of all material collective bargaining agreements or other Contracts applicable to any employees of the Company or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql any of its Subsidiaries (\u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Labor Agreements\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?). Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) no demand for recognition as the exclusive bargaining representative of any\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql employees has been made by or on behalf of any labor or similar organization and (ii) there is no pending or, to the Knowledge\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql of the Company, threatened, strike, lockout, slowdown, or work stoppage by or with respect to the employees of the Company or\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql any of its Subsidiaries. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in material compliance with all Labor Agreements and all\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql applicable Laws respecting employment and employment practices, including Laws concerning terms and conditions of\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql employment, wages and hours, classification and occupational safety and health.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql SECTION 3.12. \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Environmental Matters.\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is, and have been since January 1,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 2015, in compliance with all applicable \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Environmental Laws\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql , and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have received\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql any written notice since January 1, 2015 alleging that the Company is in violation of or liable under, or other request for\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql information or related to, any Environmental Law, (b) the Company and its Subsidiaries possess and are in compliance with all\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Permits required under Environmental Laws for the operation of their respective businesses (\u8220?\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Environmental\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql Permits\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \u8221?), (c) there is no Action under or pursuant to any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit that is pending or,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (d) neither the Company nor any of its\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Subsidiaries have become subject to any\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc A-16
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Except as would not,\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, all of the Registered Company\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Intellectual Property is subsisting, valid and enforceable.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (b) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Effect, (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries own or have legally enforceable and sufficient rights to use all Intellectual Property\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql necessary to the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted free and clear of all Liens\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (other than Permitted Liens) and (ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable steps in accordance\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql with industry practice to maintain the confidentiality of non-public Intellectual Property; \plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ul\ql provided\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql that nothing in this Section\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql 3.13(b) shall be interpreted or construed as a representation or warranty with respect to whether there is any infringement of any\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Intellectual Property, which is the subject of Section 3.13(d).\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (c) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Effect, no Actions are pending or threatened in writing, and since January 1, 2015, neither the Company nor any of its\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Subsidiaries has received any written notice or claim, (i) challenging the ownership, validity, enforceability or use by the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively licensed to the Company or any of its\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Subsidiaries or (ii) alleging that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Intellectual Property of any Person.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (d) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Effect, (i) no Person has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated the rights of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql with respect to any Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively licensed to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company and\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (ii) the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries has not violated, misappropriated or infringed the\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Intellectual Property of any other Person.\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\fi1584\cf1\f51\fs20\ql (e) The consummation of the Transactions will not (i) materially impair the rights of the Company or any of its\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Subsidiaries in or to any material Intellectual Property, or (ii) result in the grant of any right or license to any material\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql Intellectual Property that is owned or exclusively licensed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any third party.\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\ql \~\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs20\qc A-17
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